Complete Book of Dog Breeding - Softcover

Rice, DVM Dan

 
9780812096040: Complete Book of Dog Breeding
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0812096045 ISBN 13: 9780812096040
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Inc.,U.S., 1996

Synopsis

Provides information on the seasonality of heats, the breeding process, breeding problems, pregnancy, whelping, nutrition, puppy care, registration, and pedigrees.

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Synopsis

Provides information on the seasonality of heats, the breeding process, breeding problems, pregnancy, whelping, nutrition, puppy care, registration, and pedigrees.

From the Inside Flap

(back cover)
A veterinarian with many years of canine practice experience offers guidance to novice and professional dog breeders, emphasizing their responsibilities to their dogs and to the buyers of the puppies they produce. Topics covered include:

  • Choosing brood stock based on health, quality, and conditioning
  • Practical DNA use, and Canine Health Information Center (CHIC) surveys and data storage to improve the selection of healthy brood stock and puppies
  • Potential breeding problems
  • Artificial insemination
  • Pregnancy and its duration
  • Stages of labor
  • Normal and Cesarean-section births, and how to assist in both
  • Nutrition of dams and puppies
  • Neonatal puppy care . . . and much more

    Filled with color photos and line art

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    Publisher
    Barron's Educational Series Inc.,U.S.
    Publication date
    1996
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    0812096045
    ISBN 13 
    9780812096040
    Binding
    Paperback
    Number of pages
    184