CONCEPTION BY USE OF POSTMORTEM EPIDIDYMAL SEMEN EXTRACTION IN A DOG

A 9-year-old sexually intact male Boxer was euthanatized because of pr ogressive, generalized seizures that were refractory to medical treatm ent. To try to preserve the breeding line, postmortem epididymal semen extraction was attempted. The testes were excised after the dog was e uthanatized, and semen was extracted, frozen, and stored in liquid nit rogen. Approximately 3.5 months later, a suitable recipient was identi fied, and surgical intrauterine insemination was performed. Fifty-seve n days after insemination, a viable pup was born.