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- Smith FO
- MESH
- Animals
- Cat Diseases
- Cats
- Cesarean Section
- Dog Diseases
- Dogs
- Dystocia
- Emergency Medical Services
- Emergency Treatment
- Female
- Litter Size
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications
- Pregnancy, Animal
- Risk Factors
Abstract
Clinicians in private practice, specialty practice, and emergency clinic settings are likely to be presented with bitches and queens with parturition emergencies. Parameters for the identification of dystocia include prolonged parturition, collapse of the dam, abnormal vaginal discharge, prolonged labor, prolonged interval between delivery of neonates, uterine inertia, malpresentation of the fetus, and large litter sizes. Methods for the diagnosis of dystocia are discussed. Resolution of parturition emergencies may be achieved through manipulative, medical, or surgical methods, although the great percentage of dystocia will require surgical intervention. Techniques for medical and surgical interception are discussed.
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Orthopedic Foundation for Animals, Inc, 2300 East Nifong Boulevard, Columbia, MO 65201, USA. zacrescendo@comcast.net
Source
The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice 42:3 2012 May pg 489-99, viMeSH
AnimalsCat Diseases
Cats
Cesarean Section
Dog Diseases
Dogs
Dystocia
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Treatment
Female
Litter Size
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications
Pregnancy, Animal
Risk Factors
Pub Type(s)
Journal ArticleReview
Language
eng
PubMed ID
22482814