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== Rejection Behaviour ==

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== Blood Testing ==

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* Blood tests to measure progesterone concentration.

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* Level of progesterone required to maintain pregnancy varies.

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** Cria have been born to dams with very low plasma progesterone concentrations.

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* Variability makes blood tests unreliable.

== Rectal Examination ==

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* Manual palpation of the [[Uterus - Anatomy & Physiology|uterus]] through the rectal wall.

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* Impractical for smaller females.

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* Will cause undesirable stress to the female.

== Foetal Heartbeat ==

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* Specialist listening devices such as 'Sonicaid' can detect a foetal heartbeat from ~10 weeks of gestation.

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* 80-90% accurat if used at ~10 weeks.

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* Becomes more difficult as the foetus enlarges and slides down into the abdomen.

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[[Category:Camelid Reproduction]]

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