POSSIBILITIES TO CEASE THE PUERPERAL LACT ATION AND THAT CAUSED BY PSEUDOPREGNANCY IN THE DOG

,,BRK-Werfft-Chemie'' A. U. V. tablets, containing bromocriptine mesyl ate, were used in 98 female dogs with different ages with the indicati on of pseudopregnancy and in 11 cases to cease the puerperal (postpart al) lactation. The preparation was applicated orally during 5 days in a dose of 0.02 mg/kg of body-weight. The animals were examined at the beginning of the therapy (1st examination), at the end of the therapy (2nd examination) and 5 to 7 days later, on the 12th to 14th day (3rd examination). Attention of the owners was called up to give simultaneo usly a water and carbohydrate poor diet. Expressed mammary swelling ob served in 69 cases (70.4%) at the beginning of the treatments was obse rved only in 7 animals (7.1%) at the end of the treatments. Milk secre tion found in 81 cases (82.6%) was observed only in 5 bitches (5.1%) a t that time. Change of behaviour, frequently observed in case of pseud opregnancy, was observed in 58 animals (59.2%) and only in 5 individua ls (5.1%) at the end of treatments (Table 1). Expressed mammary swelli ng observed in all the 11 bitches treated to cease the puerperal (post partal) lactation was only observed in 2 animals (18.2%) at the end of treatments. As a side-effect, vomiting was observed in 16 bitches wit h pseudopregnancy (16.3%) after the first treatment and in 3 animals ( 27.3%) during the ablactation treatment.