Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Pages: 414-421

Journal: Tierärztliche Praxis Großtiere

Volume number: 48

Issue number: 06

ISSN: 1434-1220

eISSN: 2567-5834

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1274-9057

Publisher: Schattauer

Abstract: 
The aim of this review article is to provide an overview of the literature relevant to the peripartal period in swine. As in all other mammals, the farrowing process in pigs is divided into 3 phases (I-III; opening, expulsion, and postnatal stage), during which various essential endocrine and metabolic mechanisms initiate or maintain parturition. These include the hormones progesterone, cortisol, prostaglandin F-2 alpha, oxytocin, estradiol, relaxin as well as electrolytes, enzymes, and metabolites such as calcium, magnesium, inorganic phosphate, glucose, creatine kinase, lactate, non-esterified free fatty acids, and beta-hydroxybutyrate. Exogenous or endogenous disruptive factors may result in a delay or even stagnation of labor. For example, the form of husbandry may represent a possible exogenous disruptive factor. Endogenous disruptive factors may arise from insufficient storage and/or distribution of the above-mentioned labor-associated parameters. Subsequent dystocia leads to temporary or permanent consequences for maternal reproductive fitness and impairs piglet vitality at the time of birth, possibly resulting in lower survival rates.

Harvard Citation style: Blim, S., Schupp, D. and Bostedt, H. (2020) Clinical, ethologic, endokrinologic, and metabolic aspects of the peripartal period in pigs, Tierärztliche Praxis Großtiere, 48(06), pp. 414-421. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1274-9057

APA Citation style: Blim, S., Schupp, D., & Bostedt, H. (2020). Clinical, ethologic, endokrinologic, and metabolic aspects of the peripartal period in pigs. Tierärztliche Praxis Großtiere. 48(06), 414-421. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1274-9057