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- Title
Ultrasound-guided induced fetal death, an alternative method for induction of abortion in the bitch.
- Authors
Soroori, Sarang; Gargari, Soraya Saleh; Sayyah, Nima; Esmailinejad, Mohammad Reza
- Abstract
This study was performed to achieve abortion in a short time and with minimum side effects in a bitch, as an alternative method for termination of unwanted pregnancy. The experimentation was performed on 10 privately owned crossbred pregnant bitches, in their late second trimester of pregnancy, having a variable number of fetuses (3 to 9). Fetal death was induced by transabdominal intracardiac injection of potassium chloride (KCl) into the fetal heart under ultrasonographic guidance. Pregnancy was terminated within 36 to 72 hr (51.60 ± 16.04 hr) and none of the patients experienced any side effects or clinical complications. Data presented in this report provided evidence for the possible use of this technique to selectively reduce the number of canine fetuses without terminating the whole pregnancy. Ultrasoundguided induced fetal death is a safe procedure and a viable method for the induction of abortion in a short time and with no apparent side effects.
- Subjects
FETAL death; POTASSIUM chloride; ULTRASONIC imaging; PREGNANCY complications; FEMALE dogs
- Publication
Veterinary Research Forum, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 2, p165
- ISSN
2008-8140
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.30466/vrf.2018.68229.1964