Causes and Treatment of Feline Dystocia

ABSTRACT The objective of present study was to describe retrospective data which including causes and whether medical and surgical management suitable for feline dystocia. The study includes a total of 41 clinical cases brought by the owners to the Teaching Hospital related to College of Veterinary Medicine/the University of Mosul and some Clinic centers distributed in Mosul city/Iraq during the period between 2018 until 2021. Data were analysed and describe aacording to orginal causes and treatment protocols were done. Data of this study revealed that the maternal origin with different types of dystocia was the major percentage, and it reaches up 66%, 75%, 80%, 62.5% in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 respectively. The foetal causes percentages 33%, 25%, 20%, 31.25% in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 respectively. Data also reveled the percentage of treatment types for dystocia in cats in the period between 2018-2021 which were 17.07 % of hormonal treatment and 82.22% of Caseran Section operation. Results of present study conclude that the best methods for tretrating Dystocia in cat was caseran section. The auther advised to use estrogen and Oxytocin hormones with Ca++ for Treating the non-obestracting Dystocia or hormonal treatment instead of using oxytocin and Ca++ alone which described in another papers.