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A note on the use of dexamethasone for inducement of parturition of Finn × Dorset ewes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

Y. Shevah
Y. Shevah
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School of Agriculture, University of EdinburghEH9 3JG
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Summary

Dexamethasone (16 mg) induced parturition in sheep when injected i n the dam on day 141 of gestation. The mean time of parturition was 49·0 ±2·18 hr after the injection, with 90% of the injected ewes lambed by the 143rd day of gestation compared with the 147th day in the control group. There was no ill effect on the ewe or the lamb born.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , February 1974 , pp. 89 - 92
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1974

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