title: Growth curve of the foetal dog and the morphometry of its internal cavities and organs.
abstract: In the present study we determined the foetal growth curve of the greyhound. Using an LKB 2250 PMV cryomicrotome, we studied selected sagittal sections from 15 foetuses of the same breed of dog and described the expansion and development of the thoracic and abdominal cavities, the lungs, the liver and (in part) the heart and the thymus. Drawings of the sections were measured by means of a Vids II image analyser and its fractional area programme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Santiago, Lugo, Spain.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Salazar
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Yllera
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000196:embryology*; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000196:embryology; D014781:Viscera / Q000196:embryology*