If The Mother Dog Gets Milk Fever What Are The Symptoms?

Milk Fever, also known as eclampsia, is a acute (sudden) onset life threatening disease caused by low calcium levels.  It is most common in the first 21 days after whelping and is seen more in small breed dogs.  It can occur in the time just before birth as well.  Initial signs include restlessness, panting, pacing, and drooling.  This progresses to tremoring, stiffness, and weakness.  Untreated the next signs are muscle spasms, fever, increased heart rate, seizures, and death.
If you have any concern your dog has milk fever take her to a veterinarian immediately.  This is a serious, fatal problem if untreated.   

Canine eclampsia in dogs is also called hypocalcaemia and milk fever. This is condition in which blood calcium levels are dropped significantly in nursing dogs and affected dog can die. Poor nutrition during pregnancy and nursing period is major cause.

Its symptoms are panting, restlessness, nervousness, convulsions, tremors, difficulties in walking, stiffness, increased body temperature, rapid respiration, coma and possibly death.

Treatment of canine eclampsia is use of calcium through iv and oral routes and hand raising of puppies.

If my dog had puppies now she is hot on her stomach with a rash