Cited by 25Veterinary Medicine and SurgeryReproductive Physiology in LivestockAutopsy Techniques and Outcomes

Clinical Approach to Abortion, Stillbirth, and Neonatal Death in Dogs and Cats

Open access
Lamm, Catherine G., Njaa, Bradley L.·2012·Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice

Abstract

This article reviews post-mortem examination, sample collection, and diagnostic procedures used to determine the cause of abortion, stillbirth, and neonatal death in dogs and cats.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.cvsm.2012.01.015

Cites

41 of 41 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • Bacterial infections are mostly responsible for kitten mortality within the first week of life, mainly through the development of septicaemia.

    “bacterial infections are mostly responsible for kitten mortality within the first week of life, mainly through the development of septicaemia”

    From Feline neonatology: From birth to commencement of weaning – what to know for successful management (2022) · cites this paper as [14]

    The Infectious Causes section discusses bacterial neonatal death in dogs and bacterial reproductive infections in cats, so it supports a general link between bacterial infection and neonatal loss. It does not say that bacteria cause most kitten deaths in the first week of life or that septicaemia is the main mechanism; the References section lists a paper on feline neonatal sepsis but does not establish those claims. (LLM, conf=0.78)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • Kittens that have experienced intrapartum trauma usually show extensive regional haemorrhage and/or oedema; with inappropriate maternal care, amputation, skin lesions and/or skeletal fractures have also been observed.

    “Kittens that have experienced intrapartum trauma usually show extensive regional hae morrhage and/or oedema; with inappropriate maternal care, amputation, skin lesions and/or skeletal fractures have also been observed”

    From Feline neonatology: From birth to commencement of weaning – what to know for successful management (2022) · cites this paper as [14]

    The “Traumatic Causes” section (page not available) says puppies or kittens affected by dystocia often have regionally extensive hemorrhage and/or edema. It also describes fractures with neonatal trauma and infanticide, but does not mention amputation or skin lesions, or identify those findings as consequences of inappropriate maternal care. (LLM, conf=0.88)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • A queen responsible for infanticide in a litter suggests an increased risk of infanticide in future litters.

    “A queen responsible for infanticide in a litter suggests an increased risk of infanticide in future litters.”
  • Maternal illness, trauma, inadequate nutrition, stress, toxin ingestion, and administration of certain drugs can cause stillbirth or have consequences for the health and survival of newborn kittens.

    “Maternal illness, trauma, inadequate nutrition, stress or toxin ingestion, and administration of certain drugs, can all cause stillbirth 14 or have consequences for the health and survival of the newborn kittens.”
  • In rescue shelter kittens, severe flea infestations and coccidiosis can be responsible for severe anaemia and death.

    “in rescue shelter kittens, severe flea infestations and coccidiosis can also be responsible for severe anaemia and death.”

    From Feline neonatology: From birth to commencement of weaning – what to know for successful management (2022) · cites this paper as [14]

    The 'Infectious Causes' and 'Other Causes of Neonatal Death' sections discuss infections and failure to thrive in kittens, but do not link flea infestations or coccidiosis to severe anaemia or death in rescue-shelter kittens. Searches for flea infestation, coccidiosis and anaemia found no passage addressing that specific claim; page numbers were not provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.76)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 1

  1. [2]Johnston S.D. Root Kustritz M.V. Olson P.N. Canine pregnancy Canine and feline theriogenology 2001 Saunders Philadelphia 76

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Lamm, C. G., & Njaa, B. L.
Affiliations
  • University of Glasgow (GB)
  • Oklahoma State University (US)
Corresponding author
Lamm, Catherine G.
Venue
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-05
Volume
42
Issue
3
Pages
501-513
ISSN
0195-5616 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2018111876
Cited by
25
References
41
Citations by year
2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2
FWCI
0.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
Keywords
abortion (veterinary), stillbirth, neonatal death, dogs, cats, autopsy, sample collection, diagnostic procedures, cause of death determination
MeSH terms
Abortion, Veterinary, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Cats, Cause of Death, Dogs, Female, Gestational Age, Litter Size, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Outcome, Stillbirth

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review