Professional paper
Pathology of puerperium in goats
Dražen Đuričić
orcid.org/0000-0002-8013-2091
; Mount-trade d.o.o., Garešnica, Garešnica, Croatia
Stefani Fruk
orcid.org/0009-0002-1810-226X
Vesna Dobranić
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The pathology of puerperium refers to pathologies that are clinically manifested during the puerperium, and includes genital inflammation, intoxication, and various deficiency diseases. Puerperal intoxications are a pathological condition of goats that occurs as a result of resorption of toxins from saprophytic bacteria that enter the birth canal during parturition and puerperium, and the disintegrated products of the fetus, placenta and uterine contents. Inflammations that can occur during puerperium in the doe are called puerperal inflammations. In relation to their localization and distribution in the body, they may be local or general, and in terms of the type of pathogen and the disease they cause, they may be specific or nonspecific. The difference between puerperal intoxications and inflammation is the constant presence of fever during inflammation, and the more severe disorders of the general condition. Specific general puerperal infections are rare, but they are gaseous edema and tetanus against which goats can be vaccinated preventively. Puerperal hypocalcemia is a metabolic disorder caused by an insufficient supply of calcium and magnesium. Treatment of puerperal pathological conditions should be approached as early as possible, and the treatment,
depending on the disease, may be local or symptomatic.
Keywords
intoxication; inflammation; goats; puerperium
Hrčak ID:
295131
URI
Publication date:
15.3.2022.
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