Elective Caesarians

RE: Elective Caesarians

Stephanie Wellings — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 19:57:30 GMT

There is a webinar which covers using the premate test for timing of parturition. https://www.thewebinarvet.com/virbac-webinars/ the relevant bit is about 28 minutes in To the 'options for managing small animal reproduction' one.

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Ana Santos — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 19:44:40 GMT

Do you use the premate tests or is there a quantitative progesterone in-house test?

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janine redman — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 19:36:01 GMT

We have used the in house progesterone assays pre Caesarian but only if there is doubt about ovulation dates. Most dogs have been tested re ovulation.

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Robin Grimmer — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 16:07:53 GMT

Yep as well as using progesterone levels to determine ovulation, you can also use them to determine parturition.

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Rob Loxley — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 15:14:43 GMT

[quote user="janine redman"]If we do elective Caesarian section we would normally do it in a dog which we have done ovulation tests on to ensure litter is full term. [/quote]

Do you measure progesterone pre-op.

There was something a few years back about using alizin preop I read

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Hannah Wynne Richards — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 14:03:51 GMT

Given the risks to the puppies if there isn't enough surfactant - and death from being unable to breathe isn't nice - and the fact that anyone selling French bulldog pups should be well able to afford OOH, then my inclination would be tosay "No"

Wynne

RE: Elective Caesarians

janine redman — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 13:01:56 GMT

If we do elective Caesarian section we would normally do it in a dog which we have done ovulation tests on to ensure litter is full term. Otherwise we go through all the potential complications with a Caesarian section with the owner and then decide whether to wait for first stage labour - which we prefer but may end up with a late night / early morning surgery , or we plan for an elective Caesar on the due date