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Plasma levels of specific coagulation factors and oestrogens in the bitch during pregnancy
Author(s) -
Gentry P. A.,
Liptrap R. M.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1977.tb05882.x
Subject(s) - medicine , coagulation , pregnancy , coagulation system , endocrinology , andrology , physiology , biology , genetics
During pregnancy in twelve bitches a significant increase was observed in the circulating activity of the specific coagulation factors VII, VIII, IX and XI. Such changes did not occur in two bitches which were bred but did not conceive. Comparison of the plasma procoagulant activity and oestradiol‐17 β levels indicated that alterations in the coagulation factor activity may, at least in part, be mediated by the changes in oestrogen levels which occur in the pregnant bitch.