title: Nonstress and contraction stress testing of baboon fetuses.
abstract: This study of six pregnant baboons at 133 to 175 days of gestation indicates that all of 26 nonstress tests (two to seven per animal) and all of eight contraction stress tests (one or two per animal) were successfully performed despite the need for sedation of the dam with ketamine.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D010215:Papio; D011247:Pregnancy; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014590:Uterine Contraction