title: Determination of pregnancy-associated glycoprotein concentrations in goats (Capra hircus) with unsuccessful pregnancies: a retrospective study.
abstract: Presented here are the profiles of pregnancy-associated glycoprotein (PAG) concentrations in blood collected weekly from goats experiencing maintained and unsuccessful pregnancies. The analysis of these profiles clearly indicated 4 different situations: the pseudopregnancy syndrome, abortion between Days 89 and 137, parturition of 1 dead and 1 live fetus, and expulsion of macerated or mummified fetuses after full term. A marked reduction in PAG concentration at any time during pregnancy was followed by an event such as abortion or the expulsion of a dead fetus at term or later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology of Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Liege, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zarrouk
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Engeland
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sulon
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Beckers
mesh_terms: D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000097:blood*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006041:Goats / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D011555:Pseudopregnancy / Q000097:blood; D012016:Reference Values; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D011257:Pregnancy Proteins