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Originally Posted by Apexseal his brothers and his dad have been succesfully used as sires before. He is my most beautifull Yorkie to date, thats the reason i'm exploring my options. |
Yes I have heard of this before but the male that you have with the low sperm count can pass that problem on if you interfere with hormone injections and it increases the sperm count so that he does sire a litter.
There can be however, other causes for low sperm count. First check for any infections including the teeth. Do they need cleaning are any infected?
If that checks out you may want to do a thyroid test, sometimes a thyroid out of whack can cause a low sperm count.
If it does all boil down to a low hormone problem or thyroid problem, I would not recommend him for breeding purposes if you have to artificially bring up the sperm count.
It may not pass on to sons but certainly can pop up again further down the line.