Hospital de Fauna Silvestre TUERI, Instituto iBIOTROP, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.
Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.
Open Vet J. 2021 Jul-Sep;11(3):422-430. doi: 10.5455/OVJ.2021.v11.i3.14. Epub 2021 Aug 16.
breeding programs are essential to establish genetic resource banks and produce offspring to strengthen the conservation of endangered species. However, many programs fail to maintain viable populations due to reproductive problems, including dystocia in pregnant females. Dystocia encompasses different emergency obstetric situations for the lives of dams and fetuses that require urgent intervention. This condition has been studied in domesticated species but published records in wildlife, specifically in felines species, are scarce.
An adult female ocelot () was referred to the wildlife hospital of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito after being attacked by dogs (). Neurological tests revealed traumatic spinal cord injury at a thoracolumbar level. Complementary tests (laboratory exams, radiographs, and ultrasound) revealed a full-term pregnancy, failure in the labor progress, and critical fetal stress. A cesarean section was performed, and the newborns received resuscitation care after assessing their viability using the Apgar score system. The neonate with the lowest Apgar score died within the first hour after birth, while the second one showed an increase in Apgar score after resuscitation care and survived the procedure.
We provide new obstetric data that could be relevant to save the lives of dams and newborns in related cases for ocelots and other species of wild felids. Furthermore, this study confirms the adverse effects that domestic dogs have on wildlife species.
繁殖计划对于建立遗传资源库和生产后代以加强濒危物种的保护至关重要。然而，许多计划由于生殖问题而无法维持可行的种群，包括怀孕母兽的难产。难产包括危及母兽和胎儿生命的不同紧急产科情况，需要紧急干预。这种情况在驯化物种中已经得到研究，但在野生动物中，特别是在猫科物种中，发表的记录很少。
一只成年雌性豹猫（）在被狗（）袭击后被送到基多圣弗朗西斯科大学的野生动物医院。神经学测试显示胸腰椎水平的创伤性脊髓损伤。补充测试（实验室检查、射线照相和超声）显示足月妊娠、分娩过程失败和胎儿严重应激。进行了剖腹产，在使用阿普加评分系统评估新生儿的活力后，对新生儿进行了复苏护理。阿普加评分最低的新生儿在出生后第一个小时内死亡，而第二个新生儿在复苏护理后阿普加评分增加并在手术中存活。
我们提供了新的产科数据，这对于挽救豹猫和其他野生猫科动物相关病例中母兽和新生兽的生命可能是相关的。此外，这项研究证实了家犬对野生动物物种的不良影响。
