Sentence examples for parturition time from inspiring English sources

Female sea snakes also congregate in large numbers in seawall caves at parturition time, but this may have no social significance, since it seems to be a consequence of availability of a safe place for the young to be born rather than aggregational behaviour per se.

Parturition time was recorded during farrowing.

The model chosen was: log odds of NR and lambing rate = age of the ewe + farmer + ram + straw type/thawing temperature where NR and lambing rate for a ewe is either yes or no, age of ewe at parturition time is: 1, 2, 3, 4 or >4 years, farmer is one of 8 farmers, ram is one of 7 different rams used, and straw type/thawing temperature is either T70, S50 or S35.

A study covering 150,000 females in 30 countries conducted by the Breast Cancer Estrogen Intergroup showed that for breastfeeding (in excess of 12 months) could reduce the risk of breast cancer by 4.3%, and that breastfeeding is an independent risk factor for breast cancer, and is not affected by other confounders such as age at first birth, parturition times, or race [ 17].

It is possible that the early involution time point is much closer to the near-parturition time point in their model than appears on the page in two dimensions.

As foetal lesions develop several months before parturition, sufficient time exists from the onset of infection to delivery of malformed offspring, for virus-specific antibodies to be produced.

Several studies have examined gene expression in circulating leukocytes close to parturition, a time when cows are more susceptible to mastitis infection, as well as during acute mastitis infections [ 10, 15, 16].

9 13 Developing neural tissue in the mouse is especially sensitive to variation in retinoic acid exposure near parturition, a time analogous to the second trimester of human gestation, when deficiency can induce behavioural problems and mild structural damage within the limbic cortex.

Time for parturition was defined as the time when the first pup was delivered, or (if the pup was not seen) the first time when the female was seen in birth position [ 28].

The Cox proportional hazards model was used to explore group differences in the timing of first rise in milk progesterone concentration (in weeks from parturition) and the time when uterine bacteriological examinations were reported to be negative (in weeks from parturition).

Parturition duration, the time from alarm activation to foetal expulsion, was also recorded.