Male fetuses negatively affect the vitality of the litter and the dam's metabolic and physiological state in multifetal pregnant ewe.

In sheep, ~30% of fetuses do not survive till parturition, and 17.7% of the multifetal pregnancies experience partial litter loss (PLL). In humans, multifetal pregnancies are associated with a higher risk of perinatal mortality. Therefore, the objectives were to examine the association between parti...

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Main Authors: Tamir Alon, Alexander Rosov, Lila Lifshitz, Uzi Moallem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285338