Therapeutic effect of frequent injections of GnRH analogue in a beagle with knobbed acrosome abnormality of sperm

J Vet Med Sci. 2012 Feb;74(2):201-4. doi: 10.1292/jvms.11-0272. Epub 2011 Sep 14.

Abstract

A Beagle dog (3 years old) that ejaculated high percentages (mean ± SE: 29.1 ± 1.2%) of sperm with a knobbed acrosome abnormality and a low number of sperm and that also had a low plasma testosterone (T) level was given 10 subcutaneous injections of 1 µg of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (GnRH-A) at 3-day intervals. The plasma T level and number of sperm increased 12-14 weeks after the first injection. Although the percentages of sperm with knobbed acrosome abnormality did not change after the GnRH-A therapy, the number of sperm and percentage of actively motile sperm increased after the therapy, and a bitch gave birth to 5 healthy puppies after intravaginal artificial insemination with fresh semen collected 14 weeks after the first injection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acrosome / drug effects*
  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Buserelin / pharmacology*
  • Dogs / abnormalities*
  • Dogs / blood
  • Female
  • Injections, Subcutaneous / veterinary
  • Insemination, Artificial / veterinary
  • Male
  • Sperm Motility / physiology
  • Spermatozoa / abnormalities*
  • Testosterone / blood*

Substances

  • Testosterone
  • Buserelin