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68° CONGRESSO NAZIONALE SCIVAC 11-13 Marzo 2011 - Milano
LE DOMANDE PIÙ FREQUENTI IN RIPRODUZIONE CANINA E FELINA
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14 th EVSSAR Congress - Advances in Feline Reproduction - March 11 th 2011
1. MANAGEMENT OF THE HEALTH PUPPY
At birth, puppies have almost no subcutaneous fat, few brown fat, a high
surface/volume ratio. Shivering and vasoconstrictive mechanisms are not efficient
until 6-8 weeks of age. Micturition and defecation reflexs are not effective.
When possible, it is best to let the bitch mothered her puppies under owner
supervision (when no maternal behaviour past). She will protect her litters in
part from coldness, feed them as many times as necessary, clean and stimulate
their urination and defecation. The mother is an essential source of healing.
The mother has a primary role in the future interaction of the puppy with
other dogs and his environment (including humans).
If, the puppy is orphan, the bitch is not milking or not enough, puppy
bodyweight is not increasing more than 2 g/kg of adult bodyweight, owner
and vet have to give a nutritional support.
- Diet
Colostrum is the main source of immunoglobulins (> 98%) for the
neonates. 8 hours after birth, the intestinal tract start to limit the absorption
with only one third of colostrum antibodies absorbed and none after 24 to 36
hours. Colostrum and milk are also the only source of energy, proteins, minerals
and vitamins before nursing (3 to 6 weeks of age).
Colostrum can be collected from the bitch in the first day and booze to
puppies. Colostrum may be stored over one year in the freezer from another
bitch if the mother has no milk. Some synthetic colostrum are commercialized
(Immustrum ® ) but are bovine immunoglobulins and not specific from the
kennels microbism. In the absence of colostrum source, other solutions may
help and will be detailed (serotherapy, ...).
How to feed? 5% of BW 8 (1 st week) to 4 (3 rd week) times a day by suckling
(in 15 minutes) or oesophagal intubation (2 minutes, has to be down
slowly and more frequently). The milk can be bitch colostrum/milk or milk
replacer for cats and dogs.
- Temperature and Humidity
The required ambient temperature is dependant on the neonate’s age: 30-
32 °C (1 st week of life), 27°C (1-4 weeks), 21-24 °C thereafter. Humidity
should be maintained around 55-65% to prevent the skin to drying out. In case
of neonate prematures or low birthweight, the humidity can be raised to 85-
90% (be careful to infections).
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