Parturition in mammals: animal models, pain, and distres

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dc.contributor.authorMartinez-Burnes, Julio
dc.contributor.authorMuns Vila, Ramon
dc.contributor.authorBarrios-Garcia, Hugo
dc.contributor.authorVillanueva-Garcia, Dina
dc.contributor.authorDominguez-Oliva, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorMota-Rojas, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-21T13:48:29Z
dc.date.available2021-10-21T13:48:29Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-14
dc.descriptionPublication history: Accepted - 12 October 2021; Published online - 14 October 2021.en_US
dc.description.abstractParturition is a complex physiological process and involves many hormonal, morphological, physiological, and behavioural changes. Labour is a crucial moment for numerous species and is usually the most painful experience in females. Contrary to the extensive research in humans, there are limited pain studies associated with the birth process in domestic animals. Nonetheless, awareness of parturition has increased among the public, owners, and the scientific community during recent years. Dystocia is a significant factor that increases the level of parturition pain. It is considered less common in polytocous species because newborns’ number and small size might lead to the belief that the parturition process is less painful than in monotocous animal species and humans. This review aims to provide elements of the current knowledge about human labour pain (monotocous species), the relevant contribution of the rat model to human labour pain, and the current clinical and experimental knowledge of parturition pain mechanisms in domestic animals that support the fact that domestic polytocous species also experience pain. Moreover, both for women and domestic animal species, parturition’s pain represents a potential welfare concern, and information on pain indicators and the appropriate analgesic therapy are discusseden_US
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/364
dc.identifier.citationMartínez-Burnes, J., Muns, R., Barrios-García, H., Villanueva-García, D., Domínguez-Oliva, A. and Mota-Rojas, D. (2021) ‘Parturition in Mammals: Animal Models, Pain and Distress’, Animals. MDPI AG. doi: 10.3390/ani11102960.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2076-2615
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ani11102960
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rightsCopyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/)en_US
dc.subjectparturitionen_US
dc.subjectdeliveryen_US
dc.subjectwhelpingen_US
dc.subjectfarrowingen_US
dc.subjectlabouren_US
dc.subjectpainen_US
dc.subjectdistressen_US
dc.titleParturition in mammals: animal models, pain, and distresen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-10-12
dcterms.dateSubmitted2021-09-24

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