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Chapter 28

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Pregnancy and Parturition

Fertilization Learning Objectives
Spermatozoa Transport and Viability
Gamete Fusion and Early Embryonic • Define and be able to explain the sig-
Development nificance of the bold italic terms in
this chapter.
Implantation and Placentation • Compare and contrast how gamete
Hormones of Pregnancy formation and mitosis and meiosis differ
Progesterone in the male versus female.
Equine Chorionic Gonadotrophin • Compare and contrast the roles of
Relaxin oxytocin in the female.
Pregnancy Diagnosis • Illustrate the embryonic origin of the
Parturition extraembryonic membranes, as well as
the layers and cavities that will develop
Late Gestation during placentation.
Initiation of Parturition • Describe how placentation varies between
Oxytocin species with regard to the histologic
Fetal Presentations and Delivery relationship of the fetal and maternal
Dystocia tissues as well as their distribution.
• Explain how the corpus luteum and
placenta are endocrine organs.
• Describe the stages of parturition with
normal fetal presentation and delivery.

Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals, Eighth Edition. Anna Dee Fails and Christianne Magee.
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