Journal of Veterinary and Applied Sciences

Abstract
This was a case of dystocia in a 2 year old Alsatian bitch presented to the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Umudike which was conservatively managed. The bitch was presented with brown foul smelling vaginal discharge with dullness and evidence of weak contractions. The owner revealed that he has had similar experiences with two other bitches co-inhabited with this one, which eventually led to stillbirth. The condition was managed using warm water and oxytocin injection to boost uterine contraction. The bitch eventually whelped 4 puppies the next day; 2 dead and 2 live puppies. Prior to this, conservative management was carried out by infusing about 180 ml of warm water into the uterus, intramuscular injection of 1.0 iμ of Oxytocin (Soft land China) every 30 minutes over a period of 3 hours, intramuscular injection of Gentamicin (Pantex, Holland) at 14 mg/kg and multivitamin (Soft land, China) at 1 ml/kg for 3 days, This suggested that dystocia when thoroughly evaluated, and appropriate obstetric management regimen established with strict enforcement of bio-security measures, could be successfully managed with good outcome.
Keywords: Dystocia, Conservative management, Alsatian bitch.

How to cite this article:
Jeremiah KT, Ukweni CP and Uzoka UH (2022) A case of conservatively managed dystocia in 2 year old Alsatian bitch. Journal of Veterinary and Applied Sciences, 12: 42 – 45.

A CASE OF CONSERVATIVELY MANAGED DYSTOCIA IN 2 YEAR OLD ALSATIAN BITCH

Kelechi T. Jeremiah¹*, Chinonyerem P. Ukweni¹, Ugonna H. Uzoka²
¹Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture ,Umudike, Nigeria.
²Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture ,Umudike, Nigeria.