TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPPIES CANIS FAMILIARIS (L.) (ENGLISH COKER SPANIEL) IN EARLY POSTNATAL ONTOGENEZIS
It was conducted a morphological analysis of the development 572 puppies (110 litters) English Cocker Spaniel for 30-40 days after birth. In the early stages of postnatal ontogenesis was studied: the number of puppies in the litter, mortality in the first days after birth, the dynamics of body weight, the formation of locomotor and voice reaktsii. vision, hearing, dentition. The obtained data on the morphofunctional development of puppies can have practical importance from the point of view of objective control not only of puppies and a possible correction in the scheme of their power, but one of the criteria in the further selection of a pet whose data as correspond to normal development, and ahead of the average. A comparative analysis of the obtained data with the literature showed that the morphological and functional development of thepuppies happens stereotypical.