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Postpartum Uterine Prolapse in a Bitch  

Kim, Hye-Jin (Haemaru Referral Animal Hospital)
Kim, Hyun-Wook (Haemaru Referral Animal Hospital)
Choi, Ji-Hye (Haemaru Referral Animal Hospital)
Jang, Jae-Young (Haemaru Referral Animal Hospital)
Choi, Hee-Yeon (Haemaru Referral Animal Hospital)
Seo, Jee-Min (Haemaru Referral Animal Hospital)
Lee, Min-Jung (Haemaru Referral Animal Hospital)
Kim, Tae-Eun (Haemaru Referral Animal Hospital)
Lee, Byeong-Chun (Dept. of Theriogenology and Biotechnology College of Veterinary Medicine Seoul National University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.25, no.1, 2008 , pp. 37-39 More about this Journal
Abstract
A 2-year-old, intact female, mixed breed dog with depression, anorexia, poor mothering, and uterine prolapse was referred to the Haemaru Referral Animal Hospital. The prolapse(Y-shaped uterus) was detected on the fifth day of normal parturition(eight live pups). Depending on physical examination, bilateral uterine horns and uterine body were prolapsed into the vagina. The ovariohysterectomy was performed after the uterus with manual reduction through the vulva. In this case, uterine prolaspe was occurred in a primiparous bitch has been through normal parturition.
Keywords
dog; uterine prolapse; postpartum;
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