1M.V. Sc. Scholar, Department of Clinics
2Assistant Professor, Department of Clinics
3Professor, Department of Clinics
4Professor, Department of Surgery and Radiology
Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Chennai-600 007
Online published on 21 January, 2019.
The puppies (n=100) born to bitches that underwent Spontaneous Whelping (SW), Assisted Whelping (AW) and Caesarean section (CS) were divided into groups as SW (n=30), AW (n=35) and CS (n=35). Out of 100 puppies, 25% were born dead (2% SW, 7% AW and 16% CS). Among viable pups at birth, the early neonatal mortality till 24 h was 18% (0% SW, 5.7% AW and 45.7% CS). In brief, the stillbirth and early neonatal mortality was high in pups delivered through caesarean compared to spontaneous or assisted whelping.
Assisted whelping, Caesarean section, Neonatal mortality, Pups, Spontaneous whelping
