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Dystocia Management in Cats and Dogs by gnpoba is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document summarizes dystocia (difficult birth) in dogs (bitches) and cats (queens). It discusses the normal birthing process, incidence of dystocia, and causes including maternal (bitch/queen) causes like uterine inertia, narrow birth canal, and fetal causes like large size or malpositioning. Uterine inertia, where the uterus fails to contract strongly enough to expel the fetus, is the most common maternal cause. Careful management is needed to resolve dystocia and emergency C-section may be required t

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gnpoba
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EN