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Erythrocytic parameters as indicators for differentiating between the pregnant and pseudopregnant bitches in Nigeria.

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. .
Nigerian journal of physiological sciences: official publication of the Physiological Society of Nigeria 01/2011; 26(1):19-22. pp.19-22
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ABSTRACT The erythrocytic parameters during pregnancy and pseudopregnancy in bitches were studied and compared in 8 bitches aged 2 -3 years and weighing 10-12 kg. Blood samples were collected from the bitches before mating, during the three trimesters of pregnancy and the post partum period. The packed cell volume (PCV %), haemoglobin concentration (Hb gm/dl), red blood cell count(x106/µl) were determined using standard methods. The mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were then calculated. Six of the bitches were pregnant and 2 were pseudopregnant. The results showed that in pregnant bitches, the PCV decreased significantly from the premating values of 51.37+0.94% to 34.00+8.04% during the third trimester of pregnancy (P.

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Keywords

2 -3 years
 
Hb gm/dl
 
mating
 
mean corpuscular volume
 
packed cell volume
 
PCV %
 
post partum period
 
pregnant bitches
 
premating values
 
pseudopregnancy
 
red blood cell count(x106/µl)
 
standard methods
 
third trimester
 
three trimesters
 

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