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MeSH Heading: Litter Size
Tree Number(s): G08.686.530; G08.686.784.769.498.300
Unique ID: D008098
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008098
Annotation: viviparous animals only: see also note under TWINS; for oviparous or ovoviviparous animals use CLUTCH SIZE; relation to PREGNANCY: Manual 28.16.4
Scope Note: The number of offspring produced at one birth by a viviparous animal.
Previous Indexing: Animals, Newborn (1966-1974)
See Also: Pregnancy; Viviparity, Nonmammalian
Public MeSH Note: 76; was see under ANIMALS, NEWBORN 1975
History Note: 76(75); was see under ANIMALS, NEWBORN 1975
Date Established: 1976/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2016/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Litter Size MeSH Descriptor Data 2025