VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN

• The ovaries are relatively small, lima bean shaped, following ovulation the ova spend approximately 2 days moving through the oviducts to the uterus.
• In cats, the first stage of meiosis takes place before ovulation.
• Unlike the dog’s ova, the ova of that are ready for fertilization immediately upon ovulation and movement into the oviducts.
• Most female cats have four functioning pairs of mammary gland, which located in two parallel rows.
• The male cats are capable of sexual activity and mating throughout the year, but during winter their activity is reduced.
• The penis of cat is shaped and positioned so that it deflected slightly downward and caudally (rather than cranially, as in other domestic species) when erect.
• This allows intromission when the male mounts a receptive female.
• An additional unique characteristic is cat the external surface of the glans portion of the cat’s penis is spiked.
• These are directed to wards the base of the penis and provide stimulation to the walls of the female cat’s vagina during mating
•  This stimulation is necessary for the Luteinizing hormone surge in the female cat that subsequently lead to ovulation.