Childbirth is also called parturition. Three stages are involved in parturition, including dilation, expulsion, and placental. Each stage has a risk for complications. Parturition means childbirth.

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 ...

Parturition is thought to be initiated by an increased inflammatory response and expression of contractile proteins in the uterine tissues, but the underlying mechanism is unclear. Pulmonary ...