Avaliação do peso ao nascimento de machos e fêmeas e da prolificidade por sexo em cães da raça Buldogue Francês / Evaluation of males and females birth weight and prolificity by sex of French Bulldogs

ABSTRACT

The aimed of the study was to report the prolificacy, check if there is difference in the proportion ofmales and females and weight between the sexes of the breed puppies French Bulldog soon after birth. Seventypuppies from 18 litters were evaluated. All animals were evaluated on a maximum of 12 hours after birth.Weight was measured in grams in electronic balance. Data were expressed as mean and standard deviation andcompared by T-test. The average weight was 226 ± 29.46 g. There was no statistical difference in birth weightbetween males (230.40 ± 34.72 g) and females (223.60 ± 23.49 g). The prolificacy was 3.89 ± 1.71. There wereno differences in the number of male offspring (1.89 ± 1.18) and females per litter (2.00 ± 1.33). We concludethat gender does not influence the birth weight, and the male female proportion is similar.(AU)