Keylla Helena Nobre Pacifico Pereira, Kárita da Mata Fuchs, Viviane Yukari Hibaru, Luiz Eduardo Cruz Dos Santos Correia, João Carlos Pinheiro Ferreira, Fabiana Ferreira de Souza, Luiz Henrique de Araújo Machado, Simone Biagio Chiacchio, Maria Lucia Gomes Lourenço
The neonatal period in dogs remains associated with high mortality rates. Sepsis is the main cause of neonatal losses during the first three weeks of life. Additionally, failure in the clinical assessment and early diagnosis of sick newborns is still common, leading to inadequate care, which contributes to a high mortality rate. Thus, the objective of this study was to describe the incidence of sepsis in canine newborns, the clinical aspects involved, the main isolated bacterial agents and mortality rates to facilitate clinicians' early recognition of this condition...
January 1, 2022: Theriogenology