Dr UBAH Flashcards
Online lecture B 512
What is puerperium
Gotten from the word puerperus
The time from the delivery through the first few weeks which the mother reproductive organs returns to the pre pregnancy state
Humans 6 weeks
Domestic spp it varies
What us uterine involution
The is the process by which the uterus return to its pre pregnancy size and condition following child birth
What are the characteristics of uterine involution
The uterine lining the uterus regenerative
The hormones responsible is estrogen
What is lochia
This is a Virgina discharge post parturition
What is lochia made up of
Blood , Mucoid, tissue debris
What are the types of lochia
Lochia rubria
Lochia alba
Lochia serosa
What are the factors that contribute to initiation of parturition
Endocrine factors
What are the endocrine factors
Adrenal gland conversion
Placenta produces relaxin and prostaglandins
How does the adrenal gland aid to induce labour
Conversion of protest to estrogen
Production of cortisol
How does the placenta aid to induce labour
Placenta produces prostaglandins that further breaks down corpus leutum
It produce relaxin
What do you inject to induce labour in the following animals
Sow
Cattle
Mare
Small ruminants
Sow : prostaglandins
Cattle : corisol and prostaglandins
Mare: oxytocin
Small ruminants: corticosteroids
What should be noted when inducing sow for labour
You need to induce fat labour in pigs if not it would lead to still births
What should be noted when inducing bitch for labour
If you induce labour 24 hrs before time it would lead to still birth
