kũhuna

v.

1. to abort. To abort. The premature termination of pregnancy in livestock, resulting in loss of the fetus; a significant reproductive problem in dairy cattle management.

Example: Kũhuna; Ũndũ ũyũ wonekaga thikũ cia mbere 15 nginya 16 thutha wa ng'ombe kũoha nda. (Embryonic losses: Early embryonic loss is critical during 15 or 16 days when the embryo is developed sufficiently to overcome uterine secretion of PGF2α.); Mĩrimũ ya ũciari nĩ hamwe na kwaga kũonania mũrukĩ, RB, kũremwo nĩkũruta thigira hamwe na kũhuna kũria gũcangagĩra makĩrĩa ma gĩcunjĩkĩa mĩrongo ĩnana harĩ igana kũrĩ nyamũ ciothe dwaru. (The major reproductive problems are anestrus, RB, retention of fetal membrane, and abortions which contributed >80% of the total affected animals.); Mũrũkĩ ũtareyonania ,ovarian cysts, kwaga kũgwatia, mĩrimũ ya nyũngũ ya mwana, ihu rĩtarĩ ria ndũire, ona kũhuna nĩ mamwe ma mathĩna ma ũciara ma ng'ombe cia iria. (Unobserved estrus, ovarian cysts, conception failure, uterine disease, abnormal pregnancy, and observed abortions are common reproductive abnormalities in dairy cows.)