Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Stiffness in pups

Swarupmay Majumdar ‎3 pups born 1 day back from a ltter of 10 labrador pups , born under medically managed dystocia, suddenly shows signs like, stiffness of body like a wooden horse. they are better when rubbed. may be fading! started with s/c drips-RL, orally small amount of carminative Bonnisan, im dose of small qnty steroid. theyare better but not fine totally.they are managed on lactol as the mother refused nursing. any suggestions?

05 May at 14:46 · · · Flag
    • Nassem N. Naimi I will read about the stiffness and tell you what i will find but about milk I am not sure if you have Royal canin in your country but here we have baby dog milk by royal canin so look for it if not, then half cup of milk with half cup of water add to it 1 egg yolk and 1 spoon vegetable oil and honey can be add if you think they need sugar but still they didnt get the colostrum so... plasma transfusion from the mom will be a good idea
      05 May at 15:46 · ·
    • Nassem N. Naimi if they are less than 48 hours
      you can try giving them the plasma orally it may work and it is more safe than IV for a 1 day old weak pup
      05 May at 15:47 · ·
    • Elena Madgliani hipoxia durring birth could cause this. were they born like that?
      18 May at 22:39 · ·
    • Ashok Kaushik A day old pup will not show symptoms of milk poisoning so I dont think removing them from mothers milk will be the best thing to do.How are the lungs? Any signs of congestion/aspiration of placental fluid?
      19 May at 07:18 · ·
    • Swarupmay Majumdar ‎@ellena: no they were born allright but needed assistance
      19 May at 16:47 · ·
    • Swarupmay Majumdar ‎@Ashok kaushik: No congestions or fluids in lungs. we started on baby food as mother was not propoerly nursing them
      19 May at 16:48 · ·
    • Nassem N. Naimi they are around 12 days old right now Dr. Swarumpmay ... So what happened anything new?? Please keep us posted.

      Thank you,
      19 May at 16:57 · ·
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Blood in the mouth

Swarupmay Majumdar ‎6months old Female Labrador, off feed 2 days. owner finds blood in its mouth. H/O retching. vaccinated. no cycles yest. no loose motion. not medicated.
PE finding: mm-pale, blanced, dehydrated, abd enlarged but no fluid thrill, ln-not enlarged, H/R 86/min,respiration- thoracic. Blood report: Hb 5.4,TLC 32500, N-79,L-17,...

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02 May at 16:54 · · · Flag
    • Anoop Sahu saying hb is 5.4 and still giving DNS, What about iron prep.
      02 May at 16:59 · ·
    • Nassem N. Naimi what about feces, Temp. ?
      I am thinking about Gastric ulcer actually but still i am not sure?
      02 May at 17:03 · ·
    • Swarupmay Majumdar ‎@ nassem:temp -102.2*F, faces need a check up.
      @ anoop: plz suggest fluid.
      02 May at 17:07 · ·
    • Swarupmay Majumdar the case is on the table. fresh case.
      02 May at 17:09 · ·
    • Nassem N. Naimi ok Fluid R.lactate for now if u have plasma
      02 May at 17:11 · ·
    • Anoop Sahu ‎25% dextrose, Imferon iv preparation, rest is fine, avoid too much liquid in food prefer solid and in small quantity, increase frequency+ Sarcoferol Iron prepaartion(Alembic)
      02 May at 17:11 · ·
    • Swarupmay Majumdar thank you Anup and Nassem
      02 May at 17:12 · ·
    • Nassem N. Naimi now we should treat the Anemia this is not a new thing check the feces for Melina.
      Iron Supplement would be good, Vit.K also and multivitamin.
      02 May at 17:13 · ·
    • Nassem N. Naimi try also rantidine or Cemetidine
      02 May at 17:14 · ·
    • Swarupmay Majumdar ranitadine , vitamin bcomplex with C is going. with D25. I am worried do I need to arrange blood for him at this HB level.
      02 May at 17:16 · ·
    • Anoop Sahu body weight of pet
      02 May at 17:17 · ·
    • Nassem N. Naimi
      Personally i would look at the animal.
      Like if he is still able to move , and here the temp. is a good indication that he is managing , so what we are doing is good even though blood wont be wrong but i prefer to give the animal a chance to ...See more
      02 May at 17:19 · ·
    • Swarupmay Majumdar ‎17kg
      02 May at 17:19 · ·
    • Anoop Sahu ok, Blood is not so emergency, provide proper rest, restriction on movement, least body activity is good for recovery
      02 May at 17:22 · ·
    • Swarupmay Majumdar shall add one more antibiotics? or just use alone. I got Iron sucrose inj , as Iron dextran not abl. it is for Iv use. how much can I give?
      02 May at 17:24 · ·
    • Swarupmay Majumdar how frequently do I need to use iron Iv?
      02 May at 17:25 · ·
    • Anoop Sahu thrice a day, Iron sucrose never use so cant say, Imferon is human preparation, will get on any human chemist shop
      02 May at 17:28 · ·
    • Nassem N. Naimi Antibiotic is good to be used as there are few research increminating H felis and pylori in Peptic ulcers in dogs and cats.
      so I recommend Metronidazole or Amoxicilline for 10 days
      02 May at 17:32 · ·
    • Swarupmay Majumdar thank you both for all these suggestions. And Dr Gautam for his advice over Phone
      02 May at 17:57 · ·
    • Gautam Unny also awlays check for occult blood in the stool for its a more reliableindicator of intestinal bleeding.
      03 May at 07:31 · ·
    • Swarupmay Majumdar stool will be sent for lab testing today
      03 May at 10:44 · ·
    • Swarupmay Majumdar
      update: Blood test 4.5.2010: Hb 5.8, TLC 24000, Creatn-0.7, SGoT 50,SGPt 42.
      presently she is on Jectofer ( iron), Ceftriaxone, Gentamicin,Tribivet, D25,Rantac. Condition is far better and stable but he had not started on usual food.
      suggest...See more
      05 May at 09:54 · ·
    • Nassem N. Naimi
      I suggest you stop using Gentamicin (Personally I hate this drug).
      Blood is not getting back as expected the anemia didn't change a lot from 5.4 to 5.8 in about 4 days I think.
      keep the dog warm and maybe think about blood transfusion

      Had not ...See more
      05 May at 11:39 · ·
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