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Seasonal Patterns of Oestrus and Reproduction in Street Dogs of Indian Cities
Understanding seasonal breeding dynamics is essential for maximizing efficiency and welfare in the application of street dog management programs. Humane Society International (HSI) has conducted many animal birth control programmes concerning the street dog populations in urban India. This paper ana...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9247615/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35782534 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.821424 |
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author | Brill, George Kartal, Tamara Yadav, Dev Prakash Bhyan, Mukesh Patel, Chirag Sheoran, Shiv Kumar Patel, Piyush Painuly, Bimmy Chaudhari, Amit |
author_facet | Brill, George Kartal, Tamara Yadav, Dev Prakash Bhyan, Mukesh Patel, Chirag Sheoran, Shiv Kumar Patel, Piyush Painuly, Bimmy Chaudhari, Amit |
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description | Understanding seasonal breeding dynamics is essential for maximizing efficiency and welfare in the application of street dog management programs. Humane Society International (HSI) has conducted many animal birth control programmes concerning the street dog populations in urban India. This paper analyses the data on reproductive indicators—oestrus, pregnancy, and pups—collected by HSI sterilization clinics in the cities of Jamshedpur, Dehradun, and Vadodara over a period of 3, 5, and 4 years, respectively. We found a consistent reproductive seasonality dynamic in all three cities, with peak oestrus and pregnancies occurring in the late/post-monsoon season. Pup proportions peaked soon after. Both these findings are consistent with previous studies of free-roaming domestic dog populations both in India and worldwide. Additionally, we identified minor inter-city differences in the temporal breeding dynamic, which we propose are the result of localized seasonal climatic and human factors. Finally, we examine and assert the relevance of breeding seasonality in the implementation of efficient and welfare-sensitive birth control programmes. |
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spelling | pubmed-92476152022-07-02 Seasonal Patterns of Oestrus and Reproduction in Street Dogs of Indian Cities Brill, George Kartal, Tamara Yadav, Dev Prakash Bhyan, Mukesh Patel, Chirag Sheoran, Shiv Kumar Patel, Piyush Painuly, Bimmy Chaudhari, Amit Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science Understanding seasonal breeding dynamics is essential for maximizing efficiency and welfare in the application of street dog management programs. Humane Society International (HSI) has conducted many animal birth control programmes concerning the street dog populations in urban India. This paper analyses the data on reproductive indicators—oestrus, pregnancy, and pups—collected by HSI sterilization clinics in the cities of Jamshedpur, Dehradun, and Vadodara over a period of 3, 5, and 4 years, respectively. We found a consistent reproductive seasonality dynamic in all three cities, with peak oestrus and pregnancies occurring in the late/post-monsoon season. Pup proportions peaked soon after. Both these findings are consistent with previous studies of free-roaming domestic dog populations both in India and worldwide. Additionally, we identified minor inter-city differences in the temporal breeding dynamic, which we propose are the result of localized seasonal climatic and human factors. Finally, we examine and assert the relevance of breeding seasonality in the implementation of efficient and welfare-sensitive birth control programmes. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9247615/ /pubmed/35782534 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.821424 Text en Copyright © 2022 Brill, Kartal, Yadav, Bhyan, Patel, Sheoran, Patel, Painuly and Chaudhari. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Veterinary Science Brill, George Kartal, Tamara Yadav, Dev Prakash Bhyan, Mukesh Patel, Chirag Sheoran, Shiv Kumar Patel, Piyush Painuly, Bimmy Chaudhari, Amit Seasonal Patterns of Oestrus and Reproduction in Street Dogs of Indian Cities |
title | Seasonal Patterns of Oestrus and Reproduction in Street Dogs of Indian Cities |
title_full | Seasonal Patterns of Oestrus and Reproduction in Street Dogs of Indian Cities |
title_fullStr | Seasonal Patterns of Oestrus and Reproduction in Street Dogs of Indian Cities |
title_full_unstemmed | Seasonal Patterns of Oestrus and Reproduction in Street Dogs of Indian Cities |
title_short | Seasonal Patterns of Oestrus and Reproduction in Street Dogs of Indian Cities |
title_sort | seasonal patterns of oestrus and reproduction in street dogs of indian cities |
topic | Veterinary Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9247615/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35782534 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.821424 |
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