Animal Delivery and Maternal Care Quiz

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What is the purpose of using acepromazine at low dosages in nervous dams?

To relax the dams without sedating neonates (correct)

To induce deep sedation in neonates

To increase milk production in nervous dams

To treat mastitis in lactating bitches

Why is it important for the neonates to receive colostrum and be kept warm if the dam is apprehensive or nervous?

To prevent mastitis in the dam

To initiate milk letdown in the dam

To compensate for the lack of maternal instincts in the dam

To ensure the neonates' nutritional and thermoregulatory needs are met (correct)

What might happen if a nervous dam excessively grooms the neonates?

It may cause excessive milk letdown in the dam

It may trigger excessive aggression in the dam

It may induce deep sedation in the neonates

It may lead to evisceration in the neonates (correct)

In what animals is mastitis most commonly seen according to the text?

Postpartum lactating bitches Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common type of bacteria associated with mastitis in female dogs?

E. coli Signup and view all the answers

What can predispose female dogs to mastitis?

Excessive human manipulation of the mammary glands Signup and view all the answers

What is the typical period of involution in female dogs?

12-16 weeks Signup and view all the answers

What should be performed before elective cesarean section to ensure adequate lactation?

Assessment of mammary development Signup and view all the answers

What hormone promotes lactogenesis?

Estrogen Signup and view all the answers

What reflex is triggered by nursing and promotes milk letdown?

Oxytocin release Signup and view all the answers

What can result in idiopathic agalactia in female dogs?

Disruption of the pituitary-ovarian-mammary gland axis Signup and view all the answers

What can iatrogenic agalactia result from?

Progesterone supplementation during gestation Signup and view all the answers

Animal Delivery and Maternal Care Quiz

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What is the purpose of using acepromazine at low dosages in nervous dams?

Why is it important for the neonates to receive colostrum and be kept warm if the dam is apprehensive or nervous?

What might happen if a nervous dam excessively grooms the neonates?

In what animals is mastitis most commonly seen according to the text?

What is the most common type of bacteria associated with mastitis in female dogs?

What can predispose female dogs to mastitis?

What is the typical period of involution in female dogs?

What should be performed before elective cesarean section to ensure adequate lactation?

What hormone promotes lactogenesis?

What reflex is triggered by nursing and promotes milk letdown?

What can result in idiopathic agalactia in female dogs?

What can iatrogenic agalactia result from?

What should be assessed before removal of the ovaries if ovariohysterectomy is elected at a cesarean section?

What can concurrent administration of metoclopramide promote?

What can result in inadequate lactation as a post-operative complication?

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