Fig. 1.

Pregnancy outcomes in control ewes or ewes infused with cortisol (1 mg·kg⁻¹·day⁻¹) starting at 115 days gestation. A and B: studies in which ewes were allowed to deliver; at each gestational age, gray bars represent the number of ewes with in utero fetuses, while white bars represent the number of ewes that delivered live lambs at that gestational age, and black bars represent the number of ewes delivering a dead lamb at that age. C and D: results in studies in which the ewe was necropsied at the time of labor or planned necropsy or early delivery occurred. Gray bars indicate ewes with in utero fetuses, white bars indicate ewes with live birth at that gestational age, striped bars indicate ewes with live lambs at euthanasia at that gestational age, and black bars represent the number of ewes with a stillbirth determined at that age, either as a result of delivery of a dead lamb or of discovery of dead lamb at necropsy Note that bar height decreases over gestational age as ewes delivered or the necropsies were performed.