Siamese: stillbirth rate, UK pedigree litters (Sparkes et al. 2006)

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• Study sample n=138 litters.

Source

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery (SAGE) — Sparkes AH, Rogers K, Henley WE, Gunn-Moore DA, May JM, Gruffydd-Jones TJ, Bessant C. A questionnaire-based study of gestation, parturition and neonatal mortality in pedigree breeding cats in the UK. J Feline Med Surg. 2006;8(3):145-157.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfms.2005.10.003
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Method

100 - 'mean % of kittens born alive' (91.7%) from Table 1.

n = 138

from: data/mortality-sparkes2006.json

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