This is an informed and up-to-date text, providing practical assistance and specialist information for the veterinary surgeon and the clinical student in the sphere of canine reproduction. It draws together currently available information on all practical aspects of dog breeding. Each topic is comprehensively covered since the book adopts a systematic approach as well as a consideration of disease syndromes. The book, now in its second edition, has been completely updated and includes a new chapter dealing with artificial insemination using freeze-stored semen and genetic fingerprinting techniques