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!bgcolor="#A7C1F2"|Units
 
!bgcolor="#A7C1F2"|Units
 
!bgcolor="#A7C1F2"|Approximate Value
 
!bgcolor="#A7C1F2"|Approximate Value
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Adult Weight
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Grams
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|90 - 150 (Females larger)
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!align="left"|Birth Weight
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|Grams
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|2.0
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Blood Volume
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Milli-litres per 100g
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|7.8
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!align="left"|Breeding Age (Female)
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|Weeks
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|6 - 10
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Breeding Age (Male)
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Weeks
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|10 - 14
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!align="left"|Food Consumption
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|Grams per day
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|7 - 16
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Gestation Length
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Days
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|15 - 18
 
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!align="left"|Heart Rate
 
!align="left"|Heart Rate
 
|Beats per min
 
|Beats per min
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|300 - 600
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|250 - 500
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Gestation Length
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Days
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|15 - 18
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!align="left"|Life Span
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|Years
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|1 - 3
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Litter Size
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Pups
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|4 - 12 (Extremely Variable)
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!align="left"|Oestrus Cycle
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|Days
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|4
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Postpartum Oestrus
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|No units
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Usually infertile
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!align="left"|Rectal Temperature
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|Centigrade
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|36 - 39
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|-
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Respiratory Rate
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Breaths per min
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|33 - 130
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|-
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!align="left"|Water Consumption
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|No units
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|Ad libitum
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|-
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Weaning Age
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Days
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|25
 
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{|width="700px" align="center"
 
{{citation
 
{{citation
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|initiallast = Kahn
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|initiallast = Unknown
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|initialfirst =Cynthia M
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|initialfirst =
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|2last = Line
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|year = 2001
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|2first =Scott
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|title = Veterinary Clinical Services Normative Data
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|3last =Aiello
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|ed =  
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|3first =Susan E
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|city = Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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|year = 2005
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|pub = Yale University
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|title = The Merck Veterinary Manual
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|range = Normative Data
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|ed = Ninth Edition
 
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|city = New Jersey, United States of America
 
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|pub = Merck & Co., Inc. & Merial Limited
 
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|range = Physiology Reference Guides
 
 
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Revision as of 15:17, 1 February 2009

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Physiology Units Approximate Value
Adult Weight Grams 90 - 150 (Females larger)
Birth Weight Grams 2.0
Blood Volume Milli-litres per 100g 7.8
Breeding Age (Female) Weeks 6 - 10
Breeding Age (Male) Weeks 10 - 14
Food Consumption Grams per day 7 - 16
Gestation Length Days 15 - 18
Heart Rate Beats per min 250 - 500
Gestation Length Days 15 - 18
Life Span Years 1 - 3
Litter Size Pups 4 - 12 (Extremely Variable)
Oestrus Cycle Days 4
Postpartum Oestrus No units Usually infertile
Rectal Temperature Centigrade 36 - 39
Respiratory Rate Breaths per min 33 - 130
Water Consumption No units Ad libitum
Weaning Age Days 25
Unknown, . (2001) Veterinary Clinical Services Normative Data. Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America: Yale University. pp.Normative Data.
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