Open AccessSuccessful Surgical Management of Dystocia in a Cat
Author(s) -
Kavita Parmar,
J. V. Vadaliya,
R. J. Raval,
K. B. Vala,
P. S. Chikhaliya
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the indian journal of veterinary sciences and biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2395-1176
pISSN - 2394-0247
DOI - 10.21887/ijvsbt.v12i4.7692
Subject(s) - uterus , uterine inertia , uterine contraction , medicine , fetus , litter , gynecology , obstetrics , pregnancy , biology , genetics , agronomy
In the polytocus small animals there may be a complete or a partial failure of the uterus to startcontracting. In partial failure the uterus may bring the first fetus to the pelvic inlet from where itis delivered by abdominal straining. No further fetuses were present and uterine contraction ceases.An idiopathic type of primary uterine inertia has been described, in which delivery starts normallyand several members of the litter are delivered normally. There is no evidence of obstruction tobirth through maternal or fetal cause. The uterus stops contracting and does not resume unlessecbolic therapy is given. It could be argued that this could be classified as a partial rather thana complete primary uterine inertia (Peter Jackson, 2004).Uterine inertia that is lack of normalphysiologic uterine contraction during or after parturition, is a common condition encountered inbovine. However, it is comparatively less reported in canine and feline.