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Ultrasound-guided induced fetal death, an alternative method for induction of abortion in the bitch

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Sarang Soroori 1
Soraya Saleh Gargari 2
Nima Sayyah 3
Mohammad Reza Esmaili Nejad 4

1 Department of Surgery and Radiology , Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Feto-Maternal Unit, Mahdyeh Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of surgery and radiology, Faculty of veterinary medicine, University of Tehren, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of surgery and radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30466/vrf.2018.68229.1964
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. Ultrasound-guided 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.

Keywords

Abortion
Bitch
Pregnancy
Ultrasound-guided injection

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Veterinary Research Forum
Volume 11, Issue 2
Spring 2020
Pages 165-170

  • Receive Date 15 August 2017
  • Revise Date 11 September 2018
  • Accept Date 25 September 2018

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