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Treatment?
Hold the puppy's head downward to allow gravity to help drain fluid from the mouth, throat, and lungs. Use a suction bulb to remove any fluid from the airway. Give two or three little puffs of air into the puppy's mouth and nose. In order to do this, your mouth needs to close around the puppy's mouth and nose.

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Septicemia caused by umbilical infection

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Septicemia caused by umbilical infection

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Signs of septicemia include excessive vocalization, a bloated stomach, a dark red or bluish abdomen and straining to defecate. It may look as though the kitten is constipated. Treating septicemia will include antibiotics administered by a veterinarian.

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If the umbilical cord was clipped to close to the kitten’s abdomen there’s a chance that the kitten will develop an umbilical infection. The signs of this type of infection include redness and possibly pus around the kitten’s navel. You’ll need to contact your veterinarian for the proper treatment of this newborn kitten’s infection.

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Preventing these problems
These problems can be prevented by ensuring that if the animal being hand reared is going to be released back into the wild, that the person does not talk to them and allow them to believe that they can trust all humans as it will be difficult to release them back into the wild once they trust humans.

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Treatment:
Use a pair of flexible plastic handcuffs or a hobble made from adhesive tape on the affected limbs to limit splaying. Keep a swimmer puppy sleeping on his side, rather than splayed flat out. Stimulate the puppy's paw pads with a toothbrush to increase tactile sensation.

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At the first indication of navel infection, seek veterinary attention for antibiotic treatment. If one puppy has an umbilical infection, it may also be present in other puppies in the litter.

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Prevention:
visit your veterinarian to make sure that your dog is healthy enough to deliver puppies successfully. Many dogs suffer from genetic problems that make healthy delivery of puppies difficult. If your dog is pregnant.
One of the leading causes of stillborn puppies is a herpes infection. You should also keep the mother and pups isolated for at least three weeks after the birth.Transmission occurs by direct contact. This includes sexual contact as well as nosing, sniffing, and licking other dogs.

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Made by examining symptoms.

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Problems
Problems with hand-rearing include imprinting, refusal to feed, inability to release back into the wild; and time and money problems. If the animal is refusing to feed, they may not fully trust the person or they could be unwell or have trouble suckling. If they have imprinted, they will not be able to be released back in the wild with the guarantee of survival, as they will think that any human or object that they have imprinted on is safe which can put the in danger.

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An infected navel looks red and swollen and may drain pus of form an abscess.

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A stillborn puppy is one that is already dead at the time that they are born
If a pup is born dead, they may have died in the womb or during the delivery itself-particularly if the delivery was very long or difficult-and you may be able to tell roughly when the pup passed on based on their development, and how similar they look in size and appearance to the living pups delivered.

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What is it?
Caring for a newborn or young animal when the mother is unable to; and feeding and cleaning it until it is fully grown and able to do so itself.

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Over-cleaning can lead to mom chewing into the skin and the intestine coming out. By treating the umbilical, we get mom to leave the umbilical alone because she doesn't like the taste.

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Once the baby is on the ground and nursing, treat the umbilicus with a strong iodine dip. This will cause the umbilicus to dry up quickly, preventing infection and the formation of small umbilical hernias in breeds that are prone to them. Using an umbilical clamp can prevent the mother from chewing too close to the skin.

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Symptoms: The term 'swimmer' is used to describe a puppy that paddles his legs much like a turtle, but is unable to stand. A puppy should be standing and walking by three weeks of age. As a result of weak muscles in the rear limbs, swimmers are generally unable to stand at the normal age.
Also, verweight and heavy-boned puppies are more prone to become swimmers.

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Iodine forte, can be used to kill the germs at the site.  We should paint the stump of every newborn pup with iodine – as a preventative measure.

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An infected navel looks red and swollen; you may even detect some pus oozing from the site.  Since the umbilical cord has a connection with the liver, even a low-grade infection of the stump is potentially lethal.  The germs will then enter the blood circulation and a full blown septicaemia can develop.

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what is it?
A stillbirth occurs when a fetus, of mid-second trimester to full term gestational age, which has died in the womb or during labor or delivery, exits the maternal body.

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When the mother severs the umbilical cord, her teeth might introduce germs to the navel site, especially if the mother is suffering from some disease in the mouth (eg, dental caries or gingivitis, etc). Similarly, the stump of the umbilical cord can become infected by contamination from stool in the whelping box.

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What is it?
An uncommon deformity in the animal's development which makes the limbs spread apart, forcing the animal to lie flat on its stomach with its legs out to the sides. This means the animal is unable to stand or walk.

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what is it? Inflammation of the umbilical cord stump in the neonatal newborn period, most commonly attributed to a bacterial infection.
It is a potentially dangerous condition and should be treated promptly. If during the birthing process the umbilical cord is severed too close to the puppy's abdominal wall, it can become infected.