title: Haematological values during normal reproduction of the maternal and the fetal rabbit.
abstract: 1. Haematological values of non-pregnant/non-lactating, pregnant as well as lactating rabbits and 28-day-old fetuses were measured. 2. The haemoglobin content in does decreased during the observed periods from 122 +/- 8 g/l to 100 +/- 11 g/l. In 28-day-old fetuses it was 85 +/- 0 g/l. 3. The erythrocyte count in 28-day-old fetuses was 2.4 X 10(12)/l. In the does, the erythrocyte count was 5.2 X 10(12)/l in week 4 of gestation. The erythrocyte volume in fetuses was about 45% higher than that of the doe. 4. In fetuses the leucocyte count was approximately one ninth that of the mother in week 4 of gestation (0.41 +/- 0.08 X 10(9)/l vs 3.8 +/- 0.4 X 10(9)/l).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D004911:Erythrocyte Volume; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D007774:Lactation / Q000097:blood*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D010976:Platelet Count; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000097:blood*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins