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!bgcolor="#A7C1F2"|Approximate Value
 
!bgcolor="#A7C1F2"|Approximate Value
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Adult Weight
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!align="left" bgcolor"#F2F2F2"|Adult Weight
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Grams
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|bgcolor"#F2F2F2"|Grams
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|250 - 400
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!align="left"|Birth Weight
 
!align="left"|Birth Weight
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|5 - 6
 
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Milli-litres per Kg
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|bgcolor"#F2F2F2"|Milli-litres per Kg
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|57.5 - 69.9
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|bgcolor"#F2F2F2"|57.5 - 69.9
 
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!align="left"|Breeding Duration (Commercial)
 
!align="left"|Breeding Duration (Commercial)
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|5 - 6  
 
|5 - 6  
 
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!align="left" bgcolor"#F2F2F2"|Food Consumption
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Grams per day
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|bgcolor"#F2F2F2"|Grams per day
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|20 - 30
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|bgcolor"#F2F2F2"|20 - 30
 
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!align="left"|Gestation Length
 
!align="left"|Gestation Length
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|21 - 23
 
|21 - 23
 
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|bgcolor"#F2F2F2"|Beats per min
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|400
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|bgcolor"#F2F2F2"|250 - 400
 
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|8 - 14 pups
 
|8 - 14 pups
 
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|Fertile within 48 hours
 
|Fertile within 48 hours
 
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|99.5
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|37.5
 
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Breaths per min
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|bgcolor"#F2F2F2"|Breaths per min
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|66 - 114
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|bgcolor"#F2F2F2"|66 - 114
 
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!align="left"|Urine Output
 
!align="left"|Urine Output
|Per 100 grams body weight per day
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|Milli-litre per 100mg per day
|5.5 Milli-litre
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|5.5
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Water Consumption
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!align="left" bgcolor"#F2F2F2"|Water Consumption
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Milli-litres per Kg per day
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|bgcolor"#F2F2F2"|Milli-litres per Kg per day
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|114
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|bgcolor"#F2F2F2"|114
 
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!align="left"|Weaning Age
 
!align="left"|Weaning Age
 
|Days
 
|Days
 
|21
 
|21
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Systolic pressure
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|mmHg
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|100 - 120
 
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!align="left"|Diastolic pressure
 
|mmHg
 
|70 - 80
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Mean pressure
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|mmHg
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|85 - 100
 
 
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|year = 2005
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|title = The Merck Veterinary Manual
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Revision as of 17:17, 18 January 2009

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Physiology Units Approximate Value
Adult Weight Grams 250 - 400
Birth Weight Grams 5 - 6
Blood Volume Milli-litres per Kg 57.5 - 69.9
Breeding Duration (Commercial) Litters 5 - 6
Food Consumption Grams per day 20 - 30
Gestation Length Days 21 - 23
Heart Rate^ Beats per min 250 - 400
Litter Size No units 8 - 14 pups
Oestrus Cycle Days 4 - 5
Postpartum Oestrus No units Fertile within 48 hours
Rectal Temperature Fahrenheit 99.5
Rectal Temperature Centigrade 37.5
Respiratory Rate Breaths per min 66 - 114
Urine Output Milli-litre per 100mg per day 5.5
Water Consumption Milli-litres per Kg per day 114
Weaning Age Days 21
^Kahn, Cynthia M., Line, Scott., Aiello, Susan E. (2005) The Merck Veterinary Manual. Ninth Edition ed. New Jersey, United States of America: Merck & Co., Inc. & Merial Limited. pp.Physiology Reference Guides.