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Effect of oxytocin on parturition in sows
Kiracofe, G.H.; Hines, Robert H.
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.
Description:
Swine Industry Day 1969 is known as Swine Day, 1969
Keywords: Swine; Neurosecretion; Oxytocin
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