Does anybody have any info on eclampsia as to whether it is an inherited condition, if so, would you say it would be sensible to put a breeding restriction on my litter as mum has suffered this condition? I know for a fact that none of the new owners intend breeding from the girl pups later, I've explained the situation to them all and they are all happy to have them spayed. I would really hate for any of them to suffer this, luckily I knew what to look for and caught it in time but many of the new owners are new to dogs and wouldn't have been so lucky.

I'm sure there is a connection in humans, and I know when I was pregnant more than one midwife asked if my mum had eclampsia during her pregnancies, this is probably of no use as it is not about dogs, but thought there may be a connection

Hayley

Hi C/mum, don`t know whether it`s heredited or not but my bitch had this with her first litter & went on to have a second litter with no problems. None of her progeny have had any sign of it either, they are labradors & are not usually known to suffer with eclampsia but I think the smaller breeds can. I was lucky picking it up quick as well & her pups were only 10 days old, not nice at all.
Christine, Spain.

It definately runs in families (humans) as I had it with my first, as did my sister, my aunty and my grandma. I am being closely monitored for this bump. There are other factors that do highten the risk as well. Age, different partner etc. not sure though about Dogs.

Lucy

Eclampsia in dogs is not the same as humans.
Eclampsia means fitting
In humans it is a condition of pregnancy causing high blood pressure, protein in urine due to kidney involvement and fitting (if no fitting it is pre eclampsia, actual eclampsia in humans is quite rare thankfully due to management of pre eclampsia).
In dogs it happens after whelping and is a result of hypocalcaemia (depleted calcium levels).
Ted

I did wonder when I did a bit of looking this morning for info !

Lucy