Plasma and erythrocytic concentrations of electrolytes in blood of fetal and maternal swine

Coulter, D.B.; Ewan, R.C.; Swenson, M.J.; Aherne, F.X.; Wyllie, D.

American Journal of Veterinary Research 31(7): 1179-1185

1970


ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9645
PMID: 5447692
Document Number: 30110
It was shown that the erythrocytes of foetuses had lower concentrations of Na and K, and higher concentrations of Cl than those of the dams. The opposite was true for electrolyte concentrations in plasma, except that Na concentration was lower in fetal than in sow plasma early in gestation but the two values became equal later. Total plasma CO2and mean corpuscular volume were higher and r.b.c.

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