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964 PART VIII Reproductive System Disorders
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FIG 55.9
Tocodynamometry recordings. (A) Premature uterine contraction (C) in a bitch at
midgestation. X axis is mm Hg; y axis is time in minutes. (B) Uterine irritability. X axis is
mm Hg; y axis is time in minutes.
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FIG 55.10
Tocodynamometry recording: normal quiescent myometrium. X axis is mm Hg; y axis is
time in minutes.
(e.g., discospondylitis) in dogs not used for reproduction. (i.e., through mucous membranes), the former associated
Transmission occurs through direct exposure to bodily fluids with ingestion or aerosolization of infectious materials. The
containing an infectious dose of organism (semen, lochia, aerosol route is especially important if kennel conditions are
aborted fetuses/placentas, milk, and urine). Transmission is crowded. Transplacental transmission and direct cutaneous
primarily oral, nasal, conjunctival, and secondarily venereal inoculation can occur.
