Canine neonatal mortality in four large breeds

Table 2 Number of stillborn puppies per litter in relation to litter size and duration of parturition (hours from birth of the first to the last puppy).

	Litter size			Duration of parturition (hours)
No. stillborn puppies per litter	n of litters	$x ¯ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacPC6xNi=xH8viVGI8Gi=hEeeu0xXdbba9frFj0xb9qqpG0dXdb9aspeI8k8fiI+fsY=rqGqVepae9pg0db9vqaiVgFr0xfr=xfr=xc9adbaqaaeGacaGaaiaabeqaaeqabiWaaaGcbaGafmiEaGNbaebaaaa@2D64@$	SD	n of litters	$x ¯ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacPC6xNi=xH8viVGI8Gi=hEeeu0xXdbba9frFj0xb9qqpG0dXdb9aspeI8k8fiI+fsY=rqGqVepae9pg0db9vqaiVgFr0xfr=xfr=xc9adbaqaaeGacaGaaiaabeqaaeqabiWaaaGcbaGafmiEaGNbaebaaaa@2D64@$	SD
0	65	6.9	2.9	55	7.0	4.2
1	12	8.7	1.9	10	10.6	4.2
2	8	8.4	2.5	7	9.1	2.6
3	9	9.1	2.4	9	18.2	7.8
>3	4	10.3	3.9	3	22.7	6.6
Sum/mean	98	7.6	2.9	84	9.5	6.9

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