Table 1. Embryo and fetal position during pregnancy and parturition.
| Case | Stud book number |
Date of birth | Pregnancy |
Parturition |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embryo position where located in dam’s body (CEa)/EPb)) |
Fetal head position in dam’s body within 90 days pre-partum |
Ventral surface of fetal tail flukes face towards dam’s body |
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| Dam | Neonate | ||||||
| 1 | 525 | 1,263 | Ff) | 2012/6/1 | Between umbilicus and GSc) (61/325) | Left lateral abdomen | Left |
| 2e) | 812 | 1,309 | F | 2013/7/24 | NDd) | Left lateral abdomen | Left |
| 3 | 602 | 1,310 | F | 2013/7/30 | ND | Left lateral abdomen | Left |
| 4 | 254 | 1,343 | F | 2014/9/29 | ND | Right lateral abdomen | Right |
| 5 | 600 | 1,358 | Mg) | 2015/4/12 | Between umbilicus and GS (58/318) | Right lateral abdomen | Right |
| 6 | 600 | 1,397 | M | 2017/5/7 | Side of umbilicus (58/308) | Right lateral abdomen | Right |
a) Number of days between copulation and embryo observed, b) embryo observed and parturition, c) genital slit, d) no data, e) stillborn, however the fetus was alive 2 days pre-partum, f) female, g) male.