Current Medical Approaches to the Termination of Unwanted Pregnancies in Dogs

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Throughout the years, different methods have been used to terminate unwanted pregnancies of dogs which have been often encountered. These methods may sterilize these aminals as well as after the pegnancy is terminated these methods may also allow dogs to have an oppurtunity to get pregnant again. Pet owners who do not want their dogs to be sterilized, different pharmacological agents can be preferred to terminate the unwanted pregnancy. These chemical substances are applied at different terms of the pregnancy through different tecniques. In recent years, the most commonly used pharmacological agents are prostaglandins, ergot alkaloids, Mifepristone, Aglepristone, GnRH Agonists and GnRH Antagonists. These edications can be used by themselves , but they are more successfull when they are used in combination with each other. The endocrinology of dogs is not same in the first and second half-term of pregnancy. For this reason, the applications to terminate unwanted pregnancies in the first and second half-term of pregnancies are different from each other. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Bitch,pregnancy termination

Köpeklerde İstenmeyen Gebeliklerin Sonlandırılmasına Güncel Medikal Yaklaşımlar

Öz

Köpeklerde, sıklıkla karşılaşılan istenmeyen gebeliklerin sonlandırılmasında yıllardır farklı yöntemler kullanılmaktadır. Bu yöntemler hayvanların bir daha gebe kalmasını engelleyebildiği gibi, mevcut gebeliğin sonlandırılmasını takiben tekrar gebe kalmasına da olanak sağlar. Hayvanların kalıcı olarak doğurganlığını kaybetmesini istemeyen hayvan sahipleri için, istenmeyen gebeliği sonlandırmak amacıyla çeşitli farmakolojik ajanlar tercih edilir. Bu kimyasal maddeler gebeliğin farklı dönemlerinde farklı yöntemlerle uygulanmaktadır. Son yıllarda en çok kullanılan farmakolojik maddeler; Prostaglandinler, Ergot Alkaloidleri, Mifepristone, Aglepristone, GnRH Agonistleri ve GnRH Antagonistleri’dir. Bu ilaçlar tek başlarına kullanılabildiği gibi, birlikte kullanıldıklarında daha başarılıdırlar. Köpeklerde gebeliğin ilk ve ikinci yarısında endokrinoloji farklıdır. Bu nedenle istenmeyen gebeliklerin sonlandırılması için yapılan girişimler gebeliğin ilk yarısı ve ikinci yarısı için farklılık gösterir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Köpek,gebeliğin sonlandırılması

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