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Abstract
Most veterinary nurses encounter the whelping bitch as an emergency case, usually in the middle of the night with the prospect of a Caesarean section looming. I have been in the privileged position of breeding two litters from my own Briard bitch, as well as caring for several pregnant and nursing bitches over the years.
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Lou Hayward
Lou Hayward RVN MBVNA
Lou trained and qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in the early 1980s at a mixed practice in St Albans, before moving to take up the head nurse position at a newly-established small animal practice in Milton Keynes. More recently she has been self-employed as a pet-sitter and groomer. Currently, she is in the final year of a full-time BSc(Hons) Biomedical Science degree at the University of Bedfordshire.