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Causes of mortality in 46 puppies that died before 3 weeks of age, recorded by the breeder, from a population of 663 live born puppies of four breeds (Irish wolfhound, Leonberger, Labrador retriever and Newfoundland). |
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| Age in days at death |
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| 0–3 |
4–7 |
8–14 |
15–21 |
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| Dead < 1 hour |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
| Diarrhoea |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
| "Fading puppy syndrome" |
3 |
5 |
1 |
- |
| Convulsions |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
| Trauma* |
3 |
3 |
1 |
- |
| Heart problem |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
| Starvation |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
| Omphalocele |
3 |
- |
1 |
|
| Cleft palate |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
| Low birth weight** |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
| No cause given |
- |
1 |
3 |
1 |
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| Sum |
29 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
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* Smothered by the mother ** Birth weight less than 50% of the siblings | ||||
Indrebø et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2007 49(Suppl 1):S2 doi:10.1186/1751-0147-49-S1-S2 |
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