VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

ASSISTANT REQUIRED IN WHELPING

• When the gestation is prolonged and the bitch appears to lie exhausted.
• The bitch is straining severely for one or two hours and the greenish discharge had been noticed, yet it had not whelped.
• The bitch is exhausted, abdomen is distended, foetal heart beat is not audible on auscultation.
• The os‑uteri is dilated, the bitch is not straining.