TY - T1 - Administration of aromatase inhibitor MPV-2213ad to blue fox vixens (Vulpes lagopus) as a model for contraception in female dogs SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/318028 T3 - A1 - Lindh, Lena; Lindeberg, H.; Banting, A; Banting, S.; Sainmaa, S.; Beasley, S.; Korhonen, H.; Peltoniemi, Olli A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - The interest in non-surgical approaches to contraception and fertility control in female dogs has increased in recent years. In this study the effect of an aromatase inhibitor (finrozole) was evaluated in fur production animals, farmed blue fox vixens, as a model for contraception in bitches. A total of 80 vixens were divided into 4 groups, receiving orally placebo (A) or finrozole 0.5 mg/kg (B), 3.5 mg/kg (C) or 24.5 mg/kg (D) for 21 consecutive days beginning in the pre-ovulatory period of heat.... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - ALOPEX-LAGOPUS; Dog; FERTILITY; Fertility control; Finrozole; Fur bearing animal; INSEMINATION; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARIAN-FUNCTION; Oestrus inhibition; PERIPHERAL PLASMA; PLASMA PROGESTERONE; PREGNANCY; PRO-ESTRUS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; 413 Veterinary science N1 - PP - ER -