Piglet pre-weaning mortality (PWM) is one of the major reproductive components that affects
herd productivity in the swine industry. Knowledge of factors that influence piglet PWM are …

The main objective of this review is to provide current information regarding non-infectious
risk factors associated with stillborn piglets. These factors can be roughly categorized as …

Mortality in piglets during the perinatal period, especially the first days after birth, is
frequently caused by non-infectious conditions, such as hypoglucemia or low birth weight …

Simple Summary Labour is considered a painful episode where complex physiological,
hormonal, morphological, and behavioural changes are present. During animal parturition …

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 …

Oxytocin is used to induce and control parturition, nevertheless, the increase of uterine
contractions decreases blood flow and gaseous exchange through the womb predisposing …

In commercial swine herds in Thailand, the incidence of stillbirths averages 7.3% and varies
from 5.1 to 8.2% between herds. Over the last decade, the incidence of stillbirths has tended …

The aim of this review was to elaborate a conceptual framework of the most important
aspects of the main biochemical processes of synthesis and breakdown of energy …

Induction is usually carried out by administering prostaglandins (prostaglandin F 2α or a
synthetic analogue). Other hormones, most commonly oxytocin, may also be given. The …

Simple Summary Preventing neonatal mortality is a critical aspect of canine perinatology.
Among the leading causes of mortality, a low vitality score at birth, hypothermia, hypoxia …