Quality of domestic cat semen collected by urethral catheterization after the use of different alpha 2-adrenergic agonists.
Mónica Madrigal ValverdeRodrigo F BittencourtAntonio Dl Ribeiro FilhoVivian F BarbosaCatharina A VieiraElton A RomãoIsabella B CarneiroMilena C AzevedoGediendson R AraujoPublished in: Journal of feline medicine and surgery (2020)
The results indicated that dexmedetomidine is a more viable and economical alternative to medetomidine in domestic cats submitted to semen collection by urethral catheterization. Semen collection by urethral catheterization after using α2-adrenergic agonists is a recently developed technique in feline species that is considered to be quick and highly applicable to assisted reproduction programs in felids.