Effect of oxytocin on parturition in sows

Effect of oxytocin on parturition in sows

Kiracofe, G.H.; Hines, R.H.

Conference paper

Publication Date: 1969

Conference: Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, September 25, 1969
Starting Page: 38, Ending Page: 40
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

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Abstract:

The hormone oxytocin (a hypothalamic neurosecretion that is stored in the posterior pituitary gland) stimulates' uterine contractions during natural parturition. Commerical oxytocin has been used to induce labor or to intensify uterine contractions during difficult or prolonged labor in sows. This test evaluated use of one level of a commercial oxytocin during normal parturition.

Keywords: Swine; Neurosecretion; Oxytocin

URL for this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4082