Background Labour pain is a common experience among women and poses risks to both
the mother and neonate. Mind–body interventions have demonstrated effectiveness in …

Simple Summary The article summarizes the current knowledge on factors related to
pregnancy, parturition, and newborns that affect the health status of a puppy and determine …

Simple Summary Behavior during parturition not only allows us to understand the ethology
of a species but can also be used as an early indicator of parturition. Although there are …

Simple Summary Sows in most breeding herds worldwide have larger litters than several
years ago. One of the most important problems when using these genetics is the prolonged …

Simple Summary Newborns experience a significant thermal change at birth, leading their
bodies to adjust and reduce their metabolism to survive. In this study, newborn puppies' …

The importance of maternal care in commercial pig production is largely ignored. The sow
has little possibility to interact with her piglets, and piglets are often subjected to early …

Simple Summary Understanding the physiological mechanisms responsible for the
reproductive and productive development of modern sow genotypes will help to create or …

Perinatal asphyxia is caused by lack of oxygen delivery (hypoxia) to end organs due to an
hypoxemic or ischemic insult occurring in temporal proximity to labor (peripartum) or delivery …

Simple Summary Loose-housed pens are being implemented as alternative farrowing
systems in the swine industry worldwide. This system allows sows to express natural …

Simple Summary Although the pain associated with parturition performs the primary
physiological function of maintaining frequent, strong myometrial contractions, its biological …