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Perioperative administration of both carprofen and meloxicam did not significantly affect the concentrations of CRP, ceruloplasmin, and fibrinogen in dogs undergoing OVH. Thus, use of carprofen or meloxicam should not affect clinical interpretation of results for these 3 acute-phase proteins.

A 3.5-year-old Boxer breed bitch was referred to our clinic with a history of progressive and painless inguinal mass on the left side with no significant general symptoms. Ultrasonographic examination of the inguinal mass and abdomen revealed a hypo echoic area covered with a hyper echoic capsule in inguinal mass and also two 40-day-old live foetuses, respectively. During ventral midline laparotomy, an incarcerated left uterus horn was detected in an inguinal hernia. A successful herniorraphy and ovariohysterectomy was performed in one session. A dead foetus was detected histopathologically in the herniated uterine horn. The main differential in this case was a severe incarceration and foetal death in the herniated uterus horn with no significant clinical and ultrasonographic findings. This condition did not affect either the general health condition of the bitch or the foetuses localized abdominally.

Doppler sonography was performed in a 1.5 year old healthy German shepherd bitch at late pregnancy and puerperium stage. Maternal and fetal arteries were examined by color Doppler and pulsed-wave Doppler ultrasonography. In the last two weeks of pregnancy, pulsatility and the resistance index were decreased in vessels. None fetal stress symptoms were observed during Doppler examinations. Parturition was in the 65 th day spontaneously and six healthy puppies were born. After parturition, pulsatility and the resistance index was also recorded from artery from the uteroplacental site. While decreasing of the uterine thickness, there was a mathematically increase in pulsatility and resistance during the first thirteen days. It seemed that the Doppler sonography was an important diagnostic method to evaluate prenatal growth and fetal stress in this case. Besides this, the Doppler ultrasonography can be used to study the characteristics of pregnant uterine vessels flow and their progressive changes during puerperium in the bitch.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the umbilical artery Doppler exams performed in the second trimester in dogs. In this study, blood flow of canine fetal umbilical artery was investigated at the week 6 of gestation. Doppler sonography exams were performed in six healthy German shepherd bitches bred in the same dog farm. At the sixth week of pregnancy, the bloodstream was examined in the fetus for each dog by the use of the pulsed-wave Doppler ultrasonography. Pulsatility index (PI) and resistance index (RI) were recorded from the mid-cord site of the free floating umbilical cord. The mean PI and RI levels of the umbilical artery were 1.74 ± 0.11 cm/s, 0.84 ± 0.02 cm/s, respectively. None fetal stress symptoms were observed during Doppler examinations. All parturitions were between 59 th -65 th days spontaneously. Although obstetrics Doppler exams have been done recently in canine practice, it is thought that it would be a reliable diagnostic application in future. In conclusion, this work provides baseline information for the follow-up canine fetal hemodynamic in the second trimester, which is essential for the use of fetal monitoring