Research Article

Noninvasive Ultrasound Monitoring of Embryonic and Fetal Development in Chinchilla lanigera to Predict Gestational Age: Preliminary Evaluation of This Species as a Novel Animal Model of Human Pregnancy

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Embryonic days 98–102. US B-mode and HFUS: (a) measurement of the femur (16.5 mm); (b) measurement of the eye (arrows) and lens (arrowheads); (c) HFUS B-mode image of the heart (rv: right ventriculum; lv: left ventriculum) at embryonic day 102. The interventricular septum (arrow) is visible.
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