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SUBMITTER: Yonezawa T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5006988 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yonezawa Tomohiro T Uchida Mona M Tomioka Michiko M Matsuki Naoaki N
PloS one 20160831 8
There is a popular belief that the lunar cycle influences spontaneous delivery in both humans and cattle. To assess this relationship, we investigated the synodic distribution of spontaneous deliveries in domestic Holstein cows. We used retrospective data from 428 spontaneous, full-term deliveries within a three-year period derived from the calving records of a private farm in Hokkaido, Japan. Spontaneous birth frequency increased uniformly from the new moon to the full moon phase and decreased ...[more]