mortality/aging
• no alive neonates are seen in litters delivered vaginally
• fetuses are alive at E81.5 but no live fetuses are seen at E19.5
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growth/size/body
• breast and abdomen is swollen in dead fetuses
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skeleton
• calcification of long bones is slightly less than in controls
• however, skeletons are well formed and bone mass of long bones is normal
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