Haemorrhagic mammary secretion

Re: Haemorrhagic mammary secretion

David Mills — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:58:41 GMT

[quote user="Rob Davis"]

To spay or not to spay......?

[/quote]

Asking the wrong person I'm afraid - charity vet - so, yes.

Having said that, a colleague spayed a bitch in pseudo and she produced milk for 6 months following.

If it was me, I'd jab her with delvosterone and spay in a month. Absolutely no evidence for it, though.

Re: Haemorrhagic mammary secretion

Wren — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:12:21 GMT

My terrier bitch used to have an almost permanent pseudopregnancy and the dominant secretion was usually haemorrhagic. Once the initial fluid had been expressed there was usually normal looking milk to follow. She's been like this most of her life and is now ~14 and still bright and well (and spayed, finally, after a horrid haemorrhagic pyo).

I just assumed it was normal for her.

Re: Haemorrhagic mammary secretion

Rob Davis — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:14:41 GMT

[quote user="David Mills"]Any other skin lesions anywhere?[/quote]

Nope

[quote user="David Mills"]Anything sucking the teats at home?[/quote]

Nope

[quote user="David Mills"]Teats normal from the outside?[/quote]

Yep (apart from mild homogenous enlargement of all mammary glands - feel similar to pseudopregnancy)

To spay or not to spay......?

Re: Haemorrhagic mammary secretion

David Mills — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:41:04 GMT

Ain't no expert, but...

Top looks like foamy macrophages; middle epithelial cells, likely from teat lining; bottom again macrophages, with a giant cell in the middle.

Points towards possibly some chronic inflammation, nothing on here that excites me too much. Any other skin lesions anywhere? Anything sucking the teats at home? Teats normal from the outside?