Process of abandoning maternal nourishment in mammals
For the Chinese TV series, see Weaning (TV series).
Not to be confused with Weening.
Baby being offered baby food
Weaning is the process of gradually introducing an infant human or another mammal to what will be its adult diet while withdrawing the supply of its mother's milk.
The process takes place only in mammals, as only mammals produce milk. The infant is considered to be fully weaned once it is no longer fed by any breast milk (or bottled substitute).
years as the weaning age analogous to other primates – the "natural age of weaning". This depends on the measure, for example: weaning in non-human primates...
A super weaner (also super-weaner or superweaner) is an exceptionally large elephant seal at weaning age. Super weaners may reach their large sizes by...
animal that has just been weaned. The term is usually used to refer to a type of young horse, a foal that has been weaned, usually between six months...
mechanical ventilation, before they can be weaned from the ventilator, i.e. return to normal breathing. The weaning process depends closely on the patient's...
Weaning the Calves is an oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Rosa Bonheur, painted in 1879. It is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York...
long-term acute care facility and a regional weaning center in Los Angeles that specializes in weaning chronically critically ill patients from mechanical...
greater than 105 virtually guarantees weaning failure. Other criteria that have been suggested for a successful weaning trial include the ability to (1) tolerate...
The name Wening has been used to name three tropical cyclones in the Philippines by PAGASA in the Western Pacific. Tropical Storm Olga (T6634, 37W, Wening)...
three to four weeks old, the kittens are gradually weaned and begin to eat solid food, with weaning usually complete by six to eight weeks. Kittens generally...
weaning weight. However, data also suggests that beef calves that do not receive creep feed may catch up with creep-fed calves' weight post-weaning,...
its dam (mother), it may also be called a "suckling". After it has been weaned from its dam, it may be called a "weanling". When a mare is pregnant, she...
psychological disorders, which are addressed during a tube weaning program. The Graz tube weaning model was developed by a multidisciplinary team based at...
Raymond J. Wean a.k.a. "Big Ray" (born c. 1935 Greenpoint, Brooklyn) was a Bonanno crime family associate who worked under capo Joe Massino and Dominick...
government has promoted the internationalization of the renminbi in order to wean off of its dependence on the U.S. dollar as a result of perceived weaknesses...
Hamsters are rodents (order Rodentia) belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains 19 species classified in seven genera. They have become established...
Retrieved April 11, 2022. Nagumo, Jada (August 4, 2021). "Cambodia aims to wean off US dollar dependence with digital currency". Nikkei Asia. Archived from...
parallel selection pressure on female mass is identified in that age at weaning is significantly higher in more polygynous species, even when correcting...
June 2019. "Revisiting Weaning Age Trends, Dynamics". Nationalhogfarmer.com. 15 October 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2017. "Pre-weaning mortality". pigprogress...
The Innere Stadt (German pronunciation: [ˈɪnərə ˈʃtad] ; Viennese: Innare Stod; "Inner City") is the 1st municipal district of Vienna (German: 1. Bezirk)...
crossing the Pyrenees (Muletiers espagnols traversent les Pyrénées), 1875 Weaning the Calves, 1879 Relay Hunting, 1887 Portrait of William F. Cody, 1889...
age and are usually completely weaned between six and eight weeks old. However, the age for fledging, as well as weaning, can vary slightly depending on...
in prison, Poncho learns that salsa is causing Don's bad dreams, so he weans Don off the salsa. The next morning, Don claims he slept well. Bob claims...
ejected through the ducts and into the nipple for the nursing infant. Upon weaning of the infant, lactation stops and the mammary gland turns in on itself...
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