The relation between the birth process and the condition of the newborn piglet and calf.
This presentation will focus on the assessment of the condition of the piglet and calf during and shortly after birth and will review some of the physiological and clinical factors that may have played a role during their delivery and influenced their viability at birth.
Taverne
M A M
MA
Department of Farm Animal Health, Foetal and Perinatal Biology Section, Utrecht University, Marburglaan 2, Utrecht 3584 CN, The Netherlands. m.a.m.taverne@uu.nl
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000502:physiology*; D013513:Obstetric Surgical Procedures / Q000662:veterinary*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013552:Swine; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply