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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