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mortality
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mortality: see vital statistics vital statistics, primarily records of the number of births and deaths in a population. Other factors, such as number of marriages and causes of death, by age groups, are regularly included.
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mortality
1. great loss of life, as in war or disaster
2. the number of deaths in a given period


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Embryonic mortality can be high during the last days of incubation, and the breeder may not be able to detect embryo morbidity or mortality by using these relatively crude methods of embryo assesment.
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