Relationship between the number of fetuses and the blood constituents of beagles in late pregnancy.
The relationship between the number of fetuses and the blood constituents in late pregnant beagles was examined. The red blood cell count, hemoglobin concentration and hematocrit values in late pregnancy were found to be negatively correlated to the number of fetuses.
Imamichi Institute for Animal Reproduction, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Kaneko
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Nakayama
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Igarashi
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Hirose
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000097:blood*; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D008098:Litter Size; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000097:blood*; D012044:Regression Analysis
D006454:Hemoglobins