I see
more umbilical hernias in purebred dogs and cats than in crosses.
Not exact matches
Get your
umbilical hernia repaired if the baby gets confused and latches onto it
more than once.
In
more than 30 years of experience with Bernese Mountain Dogs, only once did our veterinarian feel surgical correction of an
umbilical hernia was necessary The size of the protrusions we have seen range from minuscule to the size of a nickel at 6 weeks, and if makes note of the presence of a
hernia, the pup is monitored.
Congenital
umbilical hernias are
more common in Airedales, basenjis, Pekingese, Pointers, and Weimaraners.
Typically larger in size, an irreducible
umbilical hernia is one in which part of one or
more abdominal organs are protruding from the opening.