As the spring calving season approaches, an increased understanding of the parturition process is helpful. The more we understand about the physiology of the process, the more likely we are to make ...

Animal scientists and veterinarians agree that there are three important stages of any cow’s delivery of the baby calf. Understanding what to expect during the normal delivery can help to determine ...

The expectant brain undergoes many changes to maximize the likelihood of a successful outcome of the pregnancy. These adaptations are driven by pregnancy hormones and ensure adequate nutrient supply ...

Sheep farmers have less than a week to respond to Defra’s consultation on tail docking and castration – proposals that could reshape flock management ...

Fewer US women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the ...

Researchers found that rats exposed in the womb to a fungicide passed increased risks of kidney, prostate, ovarian, and birth ...

A single exposure to a toxic fungicide during pregnancy can increase the risk of disease for 20 subsequent generations—with inherited health problems worsening many generations after exposure. Those ...

A single exposure to a toxic fungicide during pregnancy can increase epigenetic disease risk for 20 subsequent generations.

SENSITIVITY to the taste of quinine and 6-n-propyl-thiouracil (PROP) has been determined throughout one or more menstrual cycles in a group of nineteen subjects. Taste tests were carried out at the ...

Abandoned at birth, a baby Japanese macaque finds comfort in a stuffed orangutan as scientists unpack the stress and survival behind maternal rejection ...

Ancestral toxins cause disease for 20 generations. Epigenetic health defects in kidney, testis, and ovary intensify over many centuries, impacting evolutionary biology.