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Veterinary Textbooks

Bonagura JD and Kirk RW (editors). Current Veterinary Therapy X: Small Animal Practice. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1989.

Papich MG. Effects of drugs on pregnancy, pp. 1291-1299.

Bonagura JD and Kirk RW (editors). Current Veterinary Therapy XI: Small Animal Practice. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1992.

Wolf AM. Infertility in the queen, pp. 947-954.

Howard J. Feline semen analysis and artificial insemination, pp. 929-938

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Johnson CA. Medical management of feline pyometra, pp. 969-971

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Feldman EC, Nelson RW. Canine and Feline Endocrinology and Reproduction. Second Edition. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1996. ISBN 0-7216-3634-9

Johnston SD, Kustritz MVR, Olson PNS. Canine and Feline Theriogenology. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 2001. ISBN 0-7216-5607-2

Sherding RG (editor). The Cat: Diseases and Clinical Management, second edition. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1994. ISBN 0-7216-5936-5

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Simpson GM, England GCW and Harvey M. (editors). BSAVA Manual of Small Animal Reproduction and Neonatology. British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Cheltenham UK, 1998. ISBN 0-905214-36-6