Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
57. Jahrestagung Physiologie und Pathologie der Fortpflanzung, gleichzeitig 49. Vet.-Hum.med. Gemeinschaftstagung 2024, Berlin, Almanya, 28 Şubat - 01 Mart 2024, ss.26
Physiological birth in domestic cats encompasses the period during which foetuses are expelled from the birth canal through uterine contractions, cervical dilatation, and abdominal contractions. This process varies in cats but generally takes about 8 h. The term “inter-rupted labor” refers to cases where the physiological birthing pro-cess it is not entirely completed, despite an apparent completition of parturition. In cats, birth typically terminates within a few hours (ap-proximately 90%) during the second stage of labor. Labor has rarely been recorded to be completed within 24–48 h (around 0.3%). In our clinic, a Van cat was presented with incomplete labor 54 h after the first delivered kittens. To the best of our knowledge, such a case has not been previously documented. The 2-year-old Van cat was pre-sented with complaints of difficult labor. In this cat, two live foetuses were born normally at 45-min intervals, but labor ceased after the second kitten, as identified by the cat owner. After a lengthy wait, the cat was admitted to our clinic as an emergency at the 54th hour. The cat's full medical examination revealed that all health param-eters were normal. Ultrasonographic and radiological examinationsidentified numerous live foetuses (200/min heart rate) in the uterus. Consequently, an emergency caesarean section was performed in consideration of the elapsed time, leading to the successful delivery of six healthy kittens. In conclusion, this case demonstrates that Van cats may experience interrupted labor because of hyperfetosis (8 foetuses) and subsequent uterine inertia. More research is required to confirm this hypothesis.