Tag: Fertility

Boom in UK dog fertility clinics raises welfare and ethics concerns | Veterinary medicine

Canine fertility clinics have boomed in the UK during the pandemic, experts have revealed, as calls grow for greater oversight of the industry. The clinics offer services ranging from artificial insemination to ultrasound scanning, semen analysis, progesterone testing and in some cases caesarean sections. Such clinics can be used to support good breeding, but their rise has caused concern because …

What Canine Testes Inform Us About Human Fertility

In the early 1900s, miners used caged birds to monitor flight safety and alert them if they were inhaling harmful gas while they could still act to save themselves. Today, researchers are studying dogs to learn about the chemicals men are exposed to at home, looking for warning signs that human health may be at risk. New study examined dogs, …