When You Have To Cut the Puppies Out

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  1. 2. A surgeon must maintain this throughout surgery
  2. 7. These type of dog breeds commonly require C sections
  3. 8. Imaging technique which allows for evaluation of number and position of fetuses
  4. 9. When fetal heart rates are less than 150 beats per minute
  5. 10. Low calcium
  6. 11. Connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall to allow for blood, oxygen, and nutrient delivery
  7. 15. Atropine and Epinephrine, for instance, are medications that may be administered to struggling puppies here
  8. 17. Difficult labor or delivery
  9. 18. A treatment for low blood sugar
  10. 20. The action of giving birth
  11. 23. It’s important to prepare this place for an expecting mother to have her puppies
  12. 24. Hormone that strengthens uterine muscle contractions. Can be administered intravenously to help with a difficult birth
  13. 25. Dogs have this type of (Answer to 5 Across)
Down
  1. 1. These are used to decrease pain and consciousness in animals undergoing surgery
  2. 3. A natural seam in the body along which a ventral midline abdominal incision is made
  3. 4. Structure that connects the fetus to (Answer to 5 Across)
  4. 5. Surgical technique use to deliver one or more fetuses
  5. 6. 63 days for dogs
  6. 11. The drop in blood levels of this hormone results in a drop in body temperature 24 hours prior to labor
  7. 12. The number of times a year the average dog goes into heat
  8. 13. Used to remove fluids from the nose and mouth of a neonate
  9. 14. Behavior exhibited by a mother preparing for her puppies
  10. 16. Stage of the reproductive cycle when female dogs can become pregnant
  11. 19. Group of puppies born to one mother at the same time
  12. 21. Imaging technique that allows us to assist fetal viability
  13. 22. Mother’s first milk.