"gestation length" is an acceptable part of a sentence in written English.
It is often used to refer to the length of time it takes for a baby to develop in the mother's uterus before birth, usually around nine months. For example, "Studies have shown that the average gestation length for humans is 40 weeks."
Gestation length, determined by measuring crown-rump length as described by Rexroad et al.44, was 7, 8, and 9 months(/a term) of gestation, respectively.
Although the calf sex ratio did not differ with gestation length, there was a positive relationship (r2 = 0.19; P = 0.014) between male birth weight and gestation length in the larger data set.
Previously, we identified a significant, negative relationship between gestation length and conception date in a small group of reindeer.
Mares' mean age was higher in WAB than in THB and STB; the latter had a significantly shorter gestation length.
Estrus behavior, pregnancy, abortion rate, gestation length, fertility, fecundity and prolificacy were unaffected (P ≥ 0.40) by treatments.
Reported gestation length in reindeer is highly variable (range, 203 to 240 d), almost twice the reindeer estrous cycle length.
Regression analysis of 11 paired observations produced a negative (P < 0.001) association between gestation length and conception date (slope = − 0.31).
Hopper, K. J., Capozzi, D. K. & Newsome, J. T. Effects of maternal and infant characteristics on birth weight and gestation length in a colony of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).
Gestation length was greatly reduced and the resulting neonates were all ≤75% normal birth mass, with two of the six births being stillborn.
The effects on embryo production and on embryo cryotolerance, post-transfer embryo survival, and calf characteristics, including gestation length, birth weight, perinatal mortality, and sex ratio were studied.
The presence of cysteamine did not affect pregnancy rate, gestation length, birth weight, perinatal mortality, and sex of calves born from either fresh or frozen-thawed embryos.
