Milk production failure in dogs and cats is due to a lack of synthesis or poor expulsion and can be fatal for the litter. Strategies to increase the amount of milk available aim to increase production. It is important to ensure that the dam is in good general condition (any intercurrent conditions...

Milk production failure in dogs and cats is due to a lack of synthesis or poor expulsion and can be fatal for the litter. Strategies to increase the amount of milk available aim to increase production. It is important to ensure that the dam is in good general condition (any intercurrent conditions...

Puerperium is a period post-partum characterized by physiological changes whereby the upper and lower reproductive tracts of the female genital system progressively tries to histologically and endocrinologically return to its pre-gravid state and the period is accompanied by adequate uterine tone...

The placental type of carnivores represents a relatively impenetrable barrier to the transfer of maternal immunoglobulins, making dogs and cats extremely dependent on colostrum ingestion and absorption for adequate passive immunity transfer. Therefore, puppies are considered hypogammaglobulinemic,...

This proceedings contains 17 papers on the effects of dietary fish oil and alpha-tocopherol supplementation on selected blood parameters and fatty acid profiles in mares and their foals; the association of high intake of sugars and starch, low number of meals and low roughage intake with equine...

This article discusses the aetiological factors of lactation disorders and agalactia and the suggested prevention and treatment programmes to correct milk secretion in dogs and cats.

A case of 3 years old Boxer bitch was presented to Veterinary Clinical Complex with the history of inappetance and whelping of 8 pups out of which 2 were dead. Clinical observation and revealed typical signs of eclampsia (serum Calcium level 5 mg/dl) and metritis associated with mastitis and...

Background: Mycoplasmas primarily cause respiratory or urogenital tract infections impacting avian, bovine, canine, caprine, murine, and reptilian hosts. In animal husbandry, mycoplasmas cause reduced feed-conversion, decreased egg production, arthritis, hypogalactia or agalactia, increased...

Wild dogs (Canis lupus dingo and hybrids) are routinely controlled to protect beef cattle from predation yet beef producers are sometimes ambivalent as to whether wild dogs are a significant problem or not. This paper reports the loss of calves between birth and weaning in pregnancy-tested herds...