00849naa a2200217 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400310006010000150009124500690010626000090017552002650018465000210044965000090047065000150047965000140049465000170050865000100052565300150053577300810055020729102017-07-19 1969 bl uuuu u00u1 u #d7 a10.1530/jrf.0.01905692DOI1 aEWBANK, R. aThe fall in rectal temperature seen before parturition in sheep. c1969 aIn the pregnant ewe, there is a general decline in rectal temperature of the order of 0·7° C over the 54 hr before parturition. Individual variation, however, makes this temperature drop unreliable for the prediction of the possible time of onset of lambing. aBody Temperature aEwes aPhysiology aPregnancy aReproduction aSheep aObstetrics tJournal of Reproduction and Developmentgv. 19, n. 2, p. 569-571, Aug. 1969.