title: Prolonged interval between parturition of normal live pups in a bitch.
abstract: On day 64 after artificial insemination, a six-year-old primiparous briard bitch whelped three live pups between 05.00 and 08.00. It was presented at 11.00 on the same day with failure to complete parturition. On ultrasound examination, a normal live fetus was observed and the bitch was treated with oxytocin three times during the day (1.0, 2.0 and 2.0 iu intramuscularly), with no effect. The following day, a higher dose of oxytocin (5.0 iu) was administered intramuscularly at 11.00, after a uterine ultrasound examination confirmed viability of the fetus. At 18.00 of the same day, the bitch whelped the fourth normal live pup, 37 hours after initiation of parturition and 34 hours after expulsion of the last fetus. Effectiveness of oxytocin and normal versus prolonged parturition due to uterine inertia are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Padova, Agripolis, Legnaro 35020 (PD), Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rota
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vannozzi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular / Q000662:veterinary; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000662:veterinary*; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D010121:Oxytocin