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Full recovery of subinvolution of placental sites in an American Staffordshire terrier bitch
Author(s) -
Sontas H. B.,
Stelletta C.,
Milani C.,
Mollo A.,
Romagnoli S.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2010.01015.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cervix , gynecology , presentation (obstetrics) , obstetrics , endoscopy , vaginal bleeding , surgery , pregnancy , cancer , biology , genetics
A three‐year‐old, sexually intact, female American Staffordshire terrier was presented with chronic postpartum vulvar haemorrhage. Sixty‐one days before presentation, the bitch had whelped 10 puppies. A tentative diagnosis of subinvolution of placental sites was made when syncythial trophoblast‐like cells were identified in the specimen collected through the opening of the cervix by endoscopy.Five weeks after the diagnosis, the bitch was clinically healthy with no vaginal bleeding and spontaneous recovery occurred without surgical treatment.