Vaginal smear
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- The vaginal smear is however also a fine method to see what is happening to the vagina.
- Analyzing a vaginal smear is largely an exercise in classifying the epithelial cells into one of three fundamental types: parabasal, intermediate or superficial cells.
- The vaginal smear is not perfect but its sure better than guessing what day a bitch should be bred on.
- A low or intermediate AP determination, however, does not exclude the presence of semen and hence a careful search for spermatozoa on the vaginal smear is indicated, regardless of the AP value obtained.
- A vaginal smear is taken.
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