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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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Autores principales: Brill, George, Kartal, Tamara, Yadav, Dev Prakash, Bhyan, Mukesh, Patel, Chirag, Sheoran, Shiv Kumar, Patel, Piyush, Painuly, Bimmy, Chaudhari, Amit
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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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.
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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
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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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