08/11/2026
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🩺 WHAT’S YOUR DIAGNOSIS? 🩺
You’re the veterinarian on this case. What do you want to know?
Ask questions, request diagnostics, build your differential list, and tell us what you would do next.
Meet Onda, a 3-year-old intact female Cane Corso.
Onda delivered 13 healthy puppies 7 days earlier.
Her pre-breeding lab work showed no significant findings. She went into labor 61 days post-ovulation and free-whelped 9 puppies without complication.
Puppy #10 became stuck, and fetal heart rates indicated increasing distress and risk to lives. Our team rushed Onda to emergency C-section.
Pre-surgical bloodwork showed no significant findings, including normal clotting times. Surgery was uneventful. The remaining 4 puppies were delivered alive and well.
Onda’s anesthetic recovery was largely uncomplicated, although she aspirated a small amount of saliva/drool after extubation and had a couple of minor coughs before discharge. Oral Clavamox was prescribed.
Two days postpartum, Onda and the puppies returned for a recheck. All 13 puppies were growing and gaining appropriately. Onda’s incision was healing well, she was tending to the puppies normally, producing enough milk they didn’t need supplementation, and her cough had not continued.
Her owners continued monitoring her closely at home. Then, 7 days postpartum, at approximately 10:00 PM, Onda’s owner noticed she was just… off.
Her temperature at home was:
🌡️ 105.2°F!
She was immediately brought to BVC.
On arrival:
🌡️ 105.7°F!!
An IV catheter was placed and treatment was initiated.
Onda became profoundly weak and nearly lost consciousness.
Over the next several minutes, her temperature continued to climb:
🌡️ 106.3°F!!!!!!
Cooling measures were instituted, and her temperature decreased to 101.9°F over the next several hours.
Once stable, Onda was discharged to her owner’s care.
What’s your diagnosis?
Ask for whatever information you want: physical exam findings, bloodwork, diagnostics, history, treatment, anything you would want to know if Onda were your patient.
