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- Drop in body temperature
- Restlessness
- Lying on side
- Anxious and clingy
- Whining or other signs of pain
- Lack of appetite
- Vomiting
- Dilated pupils or staring
- Vaginal discharge
- Vaginal bleeding
- Early Embryonic Death – occurs before the embryos have implanted into the wall of the uterus. The dead tissue is usually reabsorbed and the pregnancy may go undetected. We won't know a pregnancy has occurred and there will not be any contractions or labor.
- Spontaneous abortion – may occur at any time throughout a pregnancy. The fetal tissues are expelled from the uterus.
- Premature birth – puppies are born before they are fully developed. If they are alive upon birth, they often need intensive care if they are to survive.
- Severe Congenital Birth defects
- Genetic abnormalities
- Developmental abnormalities
- Hypothyroidism
- Progesterone deficiency
- Nutritional deficiency
- Structural abnormalities in the uterus
- Exposure to drugs or toxic compounds (especially steroids)
- In utero stress –adverse environment in the uterus, due to stress, overcrowding or bacterial infection
- Being very young or old
- Trauma
- Bacterial infections. One example is Brucella canis –common cause of pregnancy aborted late, after 45-55 days. Puppies are usually stillborn
- Canine Herpesvirus – puppies are often born premature, either stillborn or too weak to live
- Canine Distemper, Canine Adenovirus, or Canine Parvovirus– female dogs with severe infection will usually not carry a pregnancy to term
- Protozoal infection
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