• The estrous cycle (from Latin oestrus 'frenzy', originally from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros) 'gadfly') is a set of recurring physiological changes...
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    old, at which age female dogs will start having an estrous cycle. There are four stages of estrous: proestrus, estrus, diestrus, and anestrus. A dog in...
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  • Menstruation (mammal) (category Menstrual cycle)
    menstrual cycle. Female domestic animals used for breeding—for example dogs, pigs, cattle, or horses—are monitored for physical signs of an estrous cycle period...
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  • The cycle is controlled by several hormones which regulate the estrous cycle, the mare's behavior, and the reproductive system of the mare. The cycle begins...
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    mature. Female dogs have an estrous cycle that is nonseasonal and monestrus, i.e. there is only one estrus per estrous cycle. The interval between one estrus...
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    Endometrium (section Cycle)
    mouse. In most other mammals, the endometrium is reabsorbed in the estrous cycle. During pregnancy, the glands and blood vessels in the endometrium further...
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  • veterinary medicine, it helps differentiate the stages of the mammalian estrous cycle because the vaginal epithelium changes in response to sex hormone levels;...
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    continue to undergo regular estrous cycles until death unless the cycle is interrupted by a pregnancy. In cows, a complete estrous cycle lasts 21 days. Most commonly...
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    or proliferative phase, is the phase of the estrous cycle (or, in primates for example, the menstrual cycle) during which follicles in the ovary mature...
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  • estrous cycle and it shortens estrous cycles. The second signal is released during the ovulatory phase of the estrous cycle and it lengthens estrous cycles...
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    overlooked because males have fewer "complicating" factors such as the estrous cycle. The book won Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year in December 2023....
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    and hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs). Most female mammals have an estrous cycle, but only ten primate species, four bat species, the elephant shrews...
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    dynamics is essential. If a female hamster encounters a male when her estrous cycle is not at the point for mating, then the two hamsters will be aggressive...
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    artificial insemination. The term “estrus” refers to the phase of the estrous cycle in which a sexually mature, non-pregnant female is receptive to sexual...
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    through the vagina (in mammals that go through a menstrual cycle). Across an estrous cycle, the functional layer regenerates to provide nourishing tissue...
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    subsequent estrous cycles semiannually, during which the body prepares for pregnancy. At the peak of the cycle, females will become estrous, mentally and...
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    though mares in the wild may allow a foal to nurse for up to a year. The estrous cycle, also known as "season" or "heat" of a mare occurs roughly every 19–22...
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  • favorable for wild animal or bird breeding Estrus, a period in the estrous cycle of mammals when female seasonal breeders are receptive to mating Christmas...
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    was analyzed through immunoassay to know about their luteal phase. Estrous cycle duration was of about 33 days. During pregnancy, ultrasonography showed...
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    tb05821.x. PMID 853730. Johnson, A.K; Kutzler, M.A, eds. (2022). "Feline Estrous Cycle". Feline Reproduction. pp. 11–22. doi:10.1079/9781789247107.0002. ISBN 9781789247084...
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    hormones during periods such as pregnancy, lactation, and following the estrous cycle. This is particularly visible in pyramidal cells of the CA1 region of...
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    sexual maturity and undergoes estrous cycles (proestrus, estrus, metestrus, and diestrus). As a result of estrous cycling, the mammary gland undergoes...
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  • deuterostome developmental biology diakinesis dioestrus In the mammalian estrous cycle, the long period of quiescence following ovulation, during which the...
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    babirusa reach sexual maturity when they are 5–10 months old. Their estrous cycle is 28–42 days, and the gestation period lasts 150–157 days. The females...
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    and a divided uterus; many have a marsupium, the pouch. The average estrous cycle of the Virginia opossum is about 28 days. Opossums do possess a placenta...
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  • responsible for controlling gestation, birth, and lactation, as well as her estrous cycle and mating behavior. The stallion's reproductive system is responsible...
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    an estrous cycle. This cycle is regulated by surges in Luteinizing hormone that are observed three weeks from each other. This type of estrous cycle has...
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    marsupial has a short gestation period, typically shorter than its estrous cycle, and gives birth to an underdeveloped (altricial) newborn that then...
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    maturation is 30.4 months for females and 27.7 months for males. The estrous cycle of the binturong lasts 18 to 187 days, with an average of 82.5 days...
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    does not occur, the secretory lining will be absorbed (estrous cycle) or shed (menstrual cycle). The decidua is shed with the placenta during birth. As...
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