mise-bas

English translation: birth / parturition

07:47 May 16, 2012

French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Livestock / Animal Husbandry / research into dogs and cats

French term or phrase: mise-bas

The habits and development stages of dogs and cats are being studied by vets.
The actual phrase I have is :
''étude des chaleurs et des mise-bas''
I know we talk about seasons and being in heat but what can I use for the mise-bas. I can only think of birthing? It seems a bit too human.
Thanks for any help on this.

Christine Kirkham KudoZ activity Questions: 93 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 3
Local time: 11:11

English translation:birth / parturition

Explanation:
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http://quizlet.com/249067/veterinary-nursing-gestation-partu...

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used for cats AND dogs

Selected response from:

Pascale van Kempen-Herlant
Local time: 12:11

Grading comment

It was a very tricky distrinction to make, so I think we need to err on the side of caution. But thank you to all.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +3

whelping

Tony M

4 +2

birth / parturition

Pascale van Kempen-Herlant

queening

katsy

Summary of reference entries provided

whelping, queening and parturition

Yvonne Gallagher

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

whelping

Explanation:
Is certainly one word used for animals giving birth (and derogatorily for women too, sad to say!)

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In colloquial language, we do also say 'to drop' — but I don't think one could speak of 'dropping', and in any case, I think that is too rustically informal a word to suit your register!

Tony M
France
Local time: 12:11
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Bashiqa: Spot on.

11 mins

-> Thanks, Chris!

agree

Gabrielle Leyden: dogs "whelp" - that's the official term (like calving for cows)

55 mins

-> Thanks, Gabrielle! According to OED, it xan also be applied to other animals, though it fails to specify which.

agree

Karine Le Briquer

2 hrs

-> Merci, Karine !

agree

Letredenoblesse

2 hrs

-> Thanks, Agnes!

disagree

Yvonne Gallagher: sorry, but whelping is not used for cats//OED says nothing about whelping cats! "whelp" basically used for animals that have "cubs". "Parturition" works for both dogs/cats

6 hrs

-> Well, in that case, OED is wrong! Clearly asker isn't going to find a single term that will do for both, so will have to use 2 different terms; but you can hardly say this is 'wrong' — it's just 'right' for only ½ the question!

15 mins confidence:

queening

Explanation:
I have found this, but it I am not sure how frequently it is used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queening

http://www.healthcommunities.com/feline-pregnancy-and-queeni...

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oops! what made me think you were just talking about cats?!

katsy
Local time: 12:11
Native speaker of:

English

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

birth / parturition

Pascale van Kempen-Herlant
Local time: 12:11
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

It was a very tricky distrinction to make, so I think we need to err on the side of caution. But thank you to all.

Reference comments

11 hrs

Reference: whelping, queening and parturition

Reference information:
http://animalhealthcare.com/handouts/general/whelpqueen.htm

"Preparations are essentially the same for a dog (whelping) as with a cat (queening)."

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/whelp
"verb
[with object]
(of a female dog) give birth to (a puppy): Copper whelped seven puppies [no object]: a bitch due to whelp
Phrases

in whelp
(of a female dog) pregnant: busy time ahead if she is in whelp"

Parturition for dogs AND cats

from the British Veterinary Association Journal swo can assume it's correct!

http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/31/6/254.abstract

"...Normal parturition and management of dystocia in dogs and cats"

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swo=typo=so

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Native speaker of:

English

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