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Cryptorchidism and sex ratio are associated in dogs and pigs.
Journal of animal science - 1 Oct 2008
Dolf G, Gaillard C, Schelling C, Hofer A, Leighton E
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to investigate whether the occurrence of cryptorchidism in a litter is associated with the sex ratio in this litter. The analysis included for dog 1,339 litters of 4 different breeds, of which 12.8% had 1 and 3.1% had 2 cryptorchids, and for pig 119,920 litters of 14 different populations, of which 2.2% had 1 and 0.2% had 2 cryptorchids. The data were analyzed using the GLIMMIX...
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