Pet paediatrics

Continued from last week

 

Puppy diseases

 

So far, we have been looking at the caring of the newborn puppy.  Today, let us begin to focus on actual diseases with which puppies can be afflicted.

 

 

Toxic Milk Syndrome (TMS)

On occasion, the mother’s milk can actually be detrimental to the newborn puppies.  For example, if the dam (mother) has an infected breast (mastitis), then the infected milk glands will have a deleterious effect on the puppies.  They will be poisoned by the toxic properties of the infected milk.  Similarly, if the womb (uterus)