title: Management of apparent luteal insufficiency in a bitch.
abstract: Serum progesterone concentration in a pregnant bitch with suspected luteal insufficiency was monitored by use of a commercially available ELISA kit, and exogenous progesterone was administered as needed to enable the bitch to deliver normal-term pups. Progesterone in oil was administered at a dosage of 2 mg/kg of body weight at 72-hour intervals. The bitch delivered 2 clinically normal male pups and 1 mummified female pup within 12 hours after the exogenous progesterone was calculated to have been metabolized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061-0442.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Purswell
mesh_terms: D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000818:Animals; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D011247:Pregnancy; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011374:Progesterone