title: [Perinatal mortality of puppies after caesarean section caused by intrauterine infection].
abstract: Perinatal mortality in dogs and cats is relatively high. Whereas the death of puppies within the first 3 weeks of life is commonly assumed to be due to infectious causes, peracute death of neonates immediate- ly after parturition or caesarean section results in a high potential for conflict between owner and veterinarian. In this respect, the owner often postulates a wrong anaesthetic regime or a too prolonged duration of surgery. This case report, however, clearly shows that also in the case of immediate perinatal death, infectious causes - e.g. due to intrauterine infection - have to be taken into consideration and that pathological, virological and bacteriological post-mortem examinations of puppies is an important procedure to identify the reason for perinatal death.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Geburtshilfe, Gynäkologie und Andrologie, der Groß- und Kleintiere mit Tierärztlicher Ambulanz, der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Frankfurter Straße 106, 35392 Gießen. anna-lena.posival@vetmed.uni-giessen.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Posival
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Althoff
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goericke-Pesch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wehrend
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000662:veterinary*; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*