title: Traumatic uterine rupture in three felids.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe 3 near-full-term, young-adult felids (2 domestic shorthair cats, and 1 bobcat [Lynx rufus]) that experienced uterine rupture following trauma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two of the animals had motor vehicular trauma and 1 had abdominal bite wounds. The 2 domestic cats that were treated with surgical exploration and ovariohysterectomy recovered uneventfully. The bobcat died during hospitalization prior to surgical intervention, and necropsy identified uterine rupture and associated peritonitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Traumatic uterine rupture should be considered in known or suspected pregnant animals that experience blunt or penetrating trauma, particularly if they are in late-term pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, 01536.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.affiliation: Departments of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, 01536. Elizabeth.rozanski@tufts.edu.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rozanski
authors.affiliation: Environmental and Population Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, 01536.
authors.forename: Florina
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, 01536.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jennings
authors.affiliation: Departments of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, 01536.
authors.forename: April
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000293:injuries*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D046008:Lynx / Q000293:injuries*; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D011247:Pregnancy; D014597:Uterine Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: peritonitis; physiology-skeletal muscle; small animal; urogenital
  