Vitality in Newborn Farm Animals: Adverse Factors, Physiological Responses, Pharmacological Therapies, and Physical Methods to Increase Neonate Vigor

dc.contributor.authorBienboire-Frosini, Cécile
dc.contributor.authorMuns, Ramon
dc.contributor.authorMarcet-Rius, Míriam
dc.contributor.authorGazzano, Angelo
dc.contributor.authorVillanueva-García, Dina
dc.contributor.authorMartínez-Burnes, Julio
dc.contributor.authorDomínguez-Oliva, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorLezama-García, Karina
dc.contributor.authorCasas-Alvarado, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorMota-Rojas, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-12T14:08:37Z
dc.date.available2023-05-12T14:08:37Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-04
dc.descriptionPublication history: Accepted - 29 April 2023; Published - 4 may 2023.
dc.description.abstractVitality is the vigor newborn animals exhibit during the first hours of life. It can be assessed by a numerical score, in which variables, such as heart rate, respiratory rate, mucous membranes’ coloration, time the offspring took to stand up, and meconium staining, are monitored. Vitality can be affected by several factors, and therapies are used to increase it. This manuscript aims to review and analyze pharmacological and physical therapies used to increase vitality in newborn farm animals, as well as to understand the factors affecting this vitality, such as hypoxia, depletion of glycogen, birth weight, dystocia, neurodevelopment, hypothermia, and finally, the physiological mechanism to achieve thermostability. It has been concluded that assessing vitality immediately after birth is essential to determine the newborn’s health and identify those that need medical intervention to minimize the deleterious effect of intrapartum asphyxia. Vitality assessment should be conducted by trained personnel and adequate equipment. Evaluating vitality could reduce long-term neonatal morbidity and mortality in domestic animals, even if it is sometimes difficult with the current organization of some farms. This review highlights the importance of increasing the number of stock people during the expected days of parturitions to reduce long-term neonatal morbidity and mortality, and thus, improve the farm’s performance.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research received no external funding.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/551
dc.identifier.citationBienboire-Frosini, C., Muns, R., Marcet-Rius, M., Gazzano, A., Villanueva-García, D., Martínez-Burnes, J., Domínguez-Oliva, A., Lezama-García, K., Casas-Alvarado, A. and Mota-Rojas, D. (2023) ‘Vitality in Newborn Farm Animals: Adverse Factors, Physiological Responses, Pharmacological Therapies, and Physical Methods to Increase Neonate Vigor’, Animals. MDPI AG. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13091542.
dc.identifier.issn2076-2615 (electronic)
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ani13091542
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rights© 2023 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/).
dc.subjectdomestic animals
dc.subjectvitality
dc.subjectMAS
dc.subjectshivering
dc.subjectBAT
dc.subjectmeconium staining
dc.titleVitality in Newborn Farm Animals: Adverse Factors, Physiological Responses, Pharmacological Therapies, and Physical Methods to Increase Neonate Vigor
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2023-04-29
dcterms.dateSubmitted2023-03-30

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