Sentences with phrase «severe uterine infection»

Pyometra In unspayed female dogs, pyometra, or a severe uterine infection, causes increased loss of fluid through the kidney and a compensatory increase in water consumption.

Pyometra is a severe uterine infection that can threaten the life of unspayed female dogs OR cats.

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A large population - based study from Canada found that the risk of severe maternal morbidities ---- defined as hemorrhage that requires hysterectomy or transfusion, uterine rupture, anesthetic complications, shock, cardiac arrest, acute renal failure, assisted ventilation, venous thromboembolism, major infection, or in - hospital wound disruption or hematoma ---- was increased threefold for cesarean delivery as compared with vaginal delivery (2.7 % versus 0.9 %, respectively)(7).

In addition to the risk of cancer, female cats that are not spayed are at risk for infections of the reproductive tract and a severe uterine disease called pyometra.

Female dogs also have about a 30 % chance of developing a severe and life - threatening uterine infection, called a pyometra, if not spayed.