A secretion which blocks the vagina of some rodents and insectivores after mating.
Example sentencesExamples
- The presence of a vaginal plug was taken at 0.5 day of gestation.
- Females were examined daily for vaginal plugs and separated from males when positive.
- The day of detection of the vaginal plug was designated as day 0 of pregnancy.
- For timed matings, the morning that vaginal plugs were detected was considered embryonic gestation day 0.5.
- Pregnancy was assumed if the female was in the appropriate stage and a vaginal plug was present.