Nursing the Breeding Bitch & Neonates

A six-part learning series with reproduction specialist vet Angelika von Heimendahl.

Breeders are not the easiest of clients and reproduction can be challenging to fit into the everyday life of a practice. Nurses are often the first point of contact that breeder clients will have with the surgery and establishing good communications based on reproductive knowledge is the best bases of positive outcomes for ovulation testing, pregnancy and birth.

Recognising what is a reproductive emergency and what can wait is an important part of giving the right support. The course outlines normal parameters as well as infertility, difficult parturitions, caesarean sections and neonatal emergencies.