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FRIENDSHIP. “Friendship is like peeing on yourself: Everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.”. THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. PREGNANCY AND BIRTH. PREGNANCY. PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS: Palpation (~days 21-30): ‘walnuts’ Hormone assay Ultrasonography: 18-20
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FRIENDSHIP “Friendship is like peeing on yourself: Everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.”
THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM PREGNANCY AND BIRTH
PREGNANCY • PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS: • Palpation (~days 21-30): ‘walnuts’ • Hormone assay • Ultrasonography: 18-20 days past the LH peak • Radiography (~day 45 after LH peak) distinct gestational sacs average 1.5-3.5 cm between days 28-32 of pregnancy
PREGNANCY • buy 16-40 tests (depending on how many you run at once) for $240 (one year shelf life). • If you only test dogs occasionally, then the price is pretty high.....how about ultrasound. • Witness Relaxin • 5 Tests/box • Room temperature storage • 10 minute running time • Cost $78/5 tests
Ultrasound • 25 days • 49 • 55 • Optimum: 33 – 45 days • 200 beats/min
PREGNANCY:RADIOGRAPHS http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/whelpingphotos.htm
PREGNANCY • GESTATION: the period of pregnancy • DOGS: 59-68 • CATS: 56-69 • THREE STAGES OF LABOR: • 1ST:uterine contractions • 2nd:delivery of the newborn • 3rd:delivery of the placenta • Typically, newborns and placentas are delivered alternately
PREGNANCY • SIGNS OF IMPENDING PARTUITION: • Nesting behavior:12-24 hours before • Inappetance • Panting, shivering • Drop in rectal temperature ~24-48 hours before partuition (caused by abrupt decrease in progesterone): <98°
PREGNANCY • LABOR, STAGE I: intermittent uterine contractions with no sign of abdominal straining • Restlessness, panting, nesting may continue through stage I • Cervix dilates
STAGE I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd8Bo1qc54A&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptc6RMBiiPw&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN0W_ePUsUc&NR=1
PREGNANCY • LABOR, STAGE II: delivery of the newborn • Rectal temp begins to rise to normal or slightly above • Passing of fetal fluids • Expulsive uterine contractions accompanied by abdominal contractions (3-6 hours but, may be as long as 24 hours total) • 1st fetus usually delivered within 4 hours • Bitch will break the amniotic membrane, lick the neonate intensely, and sever the umbilical cord • 20 minutes to 1 hour per puppy but, no more than 2 hours should elapse between each puppy born. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvkf0VDUv6c
PREGNANCY • LABOR, STAGE II: WARNING SIGNS • The bitch should be examined by a vet for the following reasons: • Greenish discharge, but no pup is born within 2-4 hrs • Fetal fluid passed more than 2-3 hrs previously, but nothing more has happened • If she has had weak, irregular straining for more than 2-4 hours • If she has had strong, regular straining for more than 20-30 minutes, but no pup born • More than 2-4 hours have passed since the birth of the last puppy and more remain • If she has been in stage II for more than 12 hours
PREGNANCY • LABOR, STAGE II • Interval between births • Usually 5-120 minutes • Partuition should never be allowed to last more than 24 hours
PREGNANCY • LABOR, STAGE III: expulsion of the placenta • pup-placenta-pup-placenta or pup-pup-placenta-placenta • Usually follows within 15 minutes of each fetus • Bitch may eat the placentas, but sometimes can be associated with vomiting and diarrhea • Lochia – greenish postpartum discharge of fetal fluids and placental remains will be seen for up to 3 weeks or more
THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS
PREGNANCY • DYSTOCIA: Difficult birth or the inability to expel the fetus through the birth canal without assistance • Causes: • Abnormal fetal position or size • Uterine inertia • Narrowed birth canal • Diagnosis: • Digital palpation of vagina • Radiographs • ultrasound
PREGNANCY: DYSTOCIA • TREATMENT: • Manual manipulation: a fetus lodged in the vaginal canal can be manually dislodged. • For uterine inertia: oxytocin injections result in contraction of the uterine muscles; also, calcium preparations can be given • C-section
PREGNANCY: INAPPROPRIATE MATERNAL BEHAVIOR • DAM SHOULD: • Allow nursing • Grooming • Stimulate CV,RS function • Stimulates elimination and removal of waste material • retrieving • Protecting • DAM SHOULD NOT: • Attack, kill, or cannibalize her young • Be overly protective, restless, or aggressive
PREGNANCY: LACTATION DISORDERS • Agalactia: lack of milk production • Causes include; • Stress, malnutrition, premature partuition, or infection • Galactostasis: milk stasis, which can result in mastitis • Mastitis: a septic inflammation of the mammary gland • Clinical signs: • Pain, discolored milk, fever, reluctance to allow nursing, abscessed glands
PREGNANCY: LACTATION DISORDERS • Treatment for mastitis: • Antibiotics • Warm compresses • Do not allow nursing from affected glands
OTHER REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS: • PYOMETRA: Literally “pus in the uterus” • High levels of progesterone cause several changes in the uterus: • hyperplasia and hypertrophy of the endometrial glands of the uterus • Decreased myometrial contractions • Predisoposes the uterus to bacterial infection • Most common bacteria isolated is E.coli
PYOMETRA • CLINICAL SIGNS: • Vulvar discharge • Vomiting • Dehydration • PU/PD • Azotemia • DIAGNOSIS: • Radiology • Ultrasound • Bloodwork • Ieukocytosis, neutrophilia with a left shift (closed pyometra)
PYOMETRA This is a potentially life-threatening condition
PYOMETRA An open pyometra is when the Cervix is open and allows drainage Of the pus Preferred treatment is ovariohysterectomy As well as antibiotics and fluid therapy
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VAGINITIS • Definition: an inflammatory process, not necessarily infectious. Prepuberal bitch (aka puppy vaginitis) VS. Adult vaginitis
VAGINITIS • PUPPY VAGINITIS • Causes: • Inverted vulva • Hormonal fluctuations • Clinical signs: • Purulent vulvar discharge • +/- licking the vulva • Treatments: • systemic antibiotics • topical douching • Signs will return when treatment is discontinued • Condition resolves naturally after the first heat cycle
VAGINITIS Inverted vulva
VAGINITIS • ADULT VAGINITIS • Causes: • Anatomical abnormalities • Canine herpesvirus • Clinical signs: • purulent vulvar discharge • +/- licking the vulva • peri-vulvar skin irritation or infection • Perceived urinary incontinence
VAGINAL HYPERPLASIA/PROLAPSE • Hyperplasia/prolapse • Occurs under the influence of estrogen • Results in edematous vaginal tissue that protrudes from the vulva • Treatment: • Ovariohysterectomy resolves the condition permanently and is the tx of choice • Will usually resolve spontaneously but will recur with subsequent estrous cycles
MAMMARY TUMORS • Usually tumors of older intact females • ~50% of all tumors in female dogs • 3rd most common tumor in cats • Risk dramatically reduces with ovariohysterectomy (<1% if spayed before 1st heat) • 50% of canine tumors are benign • Only 10-20% of feline tumors are benign
MAMMARY TUMORS Malignant tumors are usually fast growing, Invasive and ulcerated. Benign tumors are Often small and feel like a pea. Surgical removal is advised for all Mammary tumors. Biopsy is required To differentiate benign from malignant tumors
OVARIOHYSTERECTOMY • Surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus http://www.lbah.com/canine/spay.html
References • Alleice Summers, Common Diseases of Companion Animals • http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/clerk/Beimborn/index.php • http://veterinarycalendar.dvm360.com/avhc/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=727396&pageID=1&sk=&date= • http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu/eiltslotus/Theriogenology-5361/the_normal_canine.htm
References • http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9923