Reference standards and the physiologic significance of the pregnant goat ( Capra hircus) as a human model in obstetrical research

• Published in: Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology Vol. 88; no. 3; pp. 533 - 537
• Main Authors: Cissik, John H, Hankins, Gary D, Snyder, Russell R, Ehler, William J, Pierson, Wayne A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier B.V 1987; Elsevier
• Subjects: amniotic fluid; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; cerebrospinal fluid; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; goats; Goats - physiology; heart rate; Hemodynamics; Humans; Lung - physiology; Mother. Fetoplacental unit. Mammary gland. Milk; pregnancy; Pregnancy - physiology; Pregnancy, Animal - physiology; Pregnancy. Parturition. Lactation; Reference Values; Respiration; urine; Vertebrates: reproduction; Pregnancy; Animal model; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Goat; Artiodactyla; Obstetric; Ungulata

1. 1. Amniotic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, serum, and urine chemistries; respiratory rate and arterial and mixed venous blood gases; heart rate, hematocrit, and cardiac output; and arterial, pulmonary artery, central venous and pulmonary wedge pressures were measured in 20 pregnant adult goats of 19...