Unrearable litters and prenatal reduction of litter size in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-83

  Windle, Colin P ^a   Baker, Harry F ^a   Ridley, Rosalind M ^a   Oerke, Ann Kathrin ^b   Martin, Robert D ^c  

^a Department Experimental Psychology   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Callitrichidae; Embryonic loss; Fetal growth curve; Fetal loss; Prenatal mortality; Reproductive capacity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS RESORPTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; LITTER SIZE; MARMOSET; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; FETAL RESORPTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; LITTER SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS;

EID: 0033109204     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1999.tb00254.x     Document Type: Article

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