CHAPTER X. 



DISEASES IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED WITH PARTURI- 

 TION. 



PARTURIENT APOPLEXY, PARTURIENT ECLAMP- 

 OR MILK FEVER, SIA, SEPTIKyEMIA PUER. 



PERALIS. 



PARTURIENT APOPLEXY, OR MILK FEVER. 



This disease is rarely met with in canine practice. Probably 

 the amount of haemorrhage that frequently takes place in 

 bringing forth the young, and the protracted labors of the 

 bitch before the whole family is born, may, to some extent, 

 account for its rarity. 



A greyhound-bitch, belonging to a gentlemen near Liver- 

 pool, gave birth to a numerous litter of whelps ; the secretion 

 of milk was very abundant. The family were all removed 

 the following day, the bitch became ill the same evening, and 

 the next morning succumbed to parturient apoplexy. 



The pathology of the disease is much the same as in the 

 cow and mare. 



Causes. — Excessive plethora at the time of parturition, the 

 sudden removal of offspring, cold, extreme heat. 



Symptoms. — Quick, full pulse, reeling gait, contracted 



pupils, nose hot and dry, tongue furred, extreme thirst, sup- 

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