A. REASONS FOR ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN THE DOG

Artificial insemination means the col-lecting of semen from a male and its sub-sequent introduction into the genital pas-sage of a female. The first recorded arti-ficial insemination of dogs was done by Abbe Spallanzani in 1780. The reasons for artificial insemination in dogs may be listed as; 1. Psychological reason a. the female is a shy breeder, or she may be frigid or too aggressive b. the male may be inexperienced and not know how or he may be a shy breeder c. both male and female are raised to-gether and know each other so they won't mate 2. Physiological reason-vaginal hyper-plasia female shows pain when ma1e en-ters 3. To replace natural mating when this is impossible due to geographical dis-tance between stud and bitch, or to by-pass quarantine regulations in the movement of animals 4. To increase and extend the usefulness of any valuable proven stud 5. To aid in disease contro