Sentences with phrase «as estrus»

A female dog's season, also referred to as estrus or heat cycle, is the time where she is receptive to mating.

Signs of heat (also referred to as estrus) imply estrogen in the pet's system.

Although, you can ask your vet to spay a dog or cat in heat (also known as estrus), many vets prefer to wait until the heat cycle is over.

When a female goes into heat (also known as estrus), males simply follow their instinct to pass on their genes without any concern for the genetic ramifications.

Not exact matches

While there are significant variations, nuances, and many open questions, such as whether to characterize the absence of estrus in humans as «concealed ovulation» or a form of «permanent estrus display,» the dominant assumptions appear to be remarkably consistent with George's.

When the researchers disrupted the activity of these neurons, female mice lost interest in male mice during estrus and spent about the same amount of time with them as with a plastic Lego block.

Activity increased twice as much in neurons from mice in diestrus compared to the response of neurons from mice in estrus.

During a 4 - or 5 - hour estrus, a female prairie dog may mate with as many as 5 different males, allowing pups from the same litter to have different fathers.

Estrogen (from estrus, meaning «heat» or «fertility») is the dominant hormone for the first week or so after menstruation, stimulating the buildup of tissue and blood in the uterus as the ovarian follicles simultaneously begin their development of the egg.

Veterinarians claim allowing a female to go through their first estrus as puppies is best prior to spaying.

Girl pups may also go into heat (estrus) as early as 5 to 6 months, while boys begin to get interested in sex during this period.

Some dogs are fertile for as long as 7 — 9 days before estrus and 7 — 9 days after it ends.

Although female cats generally mature sexually anywhere from five to twelve months, it is not unusual for a cat to start the estrus cycle as early as four months.

The first estrus cycle usually occurs by age 6 to 12 months; for some cats as early as 4 months of age, for others not until age 12 months or so.

While cats have a «heat cycle,» also known as «estrus,» similar to the menstrual cycle of humans, very little, if any blood is ever present.

A dog in estrus, also known as being «in heat», can become pregnant during this 3 - 21 day period.

A mass protrusion from the vaginal area (canine vaginal prolapse or vaginal hyperplasia) can be described as vaginal tissue protruding from the vulva, commonly caused by edema (fluid retention) from estrogen produced in estrus (when your dog is in heat).

Clinical signs of pyometra present after four to eight weeks after estrus (heat); during estrus the cervix is open as the female is looking to accept a mate, this is the time that an infectious agent (usually E. coli) infect the uterus; if the diarrhoea has been occurring for more than four weeks, it is possible that it may have contributed to the pyometra, but usually pyometra is caused by bacteria from the urinary tract or normal vaginal flora.

The first estrus cycle usually occurs by age 6 - 12 months; for some small breeds, as early as 5 months, and for some large and giant breeds, the first cycle may not occur until 14 months of age or older.

A cat's heat cycle, also known as the feline estrus cycle or reproductive cycle, is a cycle when a cat is sexually receptive and fertile.

Estrogen is the hormone released during the estrus cycle has been reported as an important factor in the development of various ovarian, uterinal and cervical cat tumors, which can be prevented by spaying cats when young; preferably before the first heat cycle.

Every dam / bitch / female dog (synonyms) may get pregnant during her estrus, otherwise known as the heat cycle.

Some females will start to become more surly with other dogs as their body preps for their first estrus cycle, and males will start to test your authority or exhibit dominant behaviors.

The female Greyhounds» estrus cycles are also not as frequent as non-Greyhound dogs, occurring every 9 months vs. 6 months.

The veterinarian or a member of his / her staff will discuss any additional fees to be paid by the adopter for conditions such as, but not limited to, estrus (heat), pregnancy, obesity, retained testicles, geriatric patients or other medical concerns with the adopter prior to surgery.

Ovariohysterectomy is recommended at the first signs of emerging diabetes in these dogs as the diabetes mellitus typically becomes a permanent condition by the second estrus cycle.

As the days usually get shorter in late October through mid-December, cats will enter di - estrus.

Every female dog and cat in estrus or «heat» shall be confined by way of a solid barrier such as a wooden fence, inside the owner or attendant's home, or in a veterinary hospital or animal establishment, in such a manner that another not neutered male of the same species can not come in contact with such dog or cat, except for intentional breeding purposes.

Dogs and cats in estrus are banned from being tethered as the sole means of restraint.

According to VCA Animal Hospital «The urine contains pheromones and hormones, both of which signal any interested males... «For this reason, many encourage owners of intact females not to take them on walks while in estrus as this would certainly attack many contestants.

Finally, when a female cat is about to go into estrus, more commonly known as heat, she will knead her paws to signal to male cats that she is able to mate.

The estrus cycle will stay as long as seven to 10 days.

Cats who are pregnant, in estrus, or have pyometra (a uterine infection), as well as those who are thin or have mild upper respiratory infection, can be safely spayed or neutered.

Data from the U.K. show males as having lower BVA scores (better hips), which at one time was thought to be at least partly due to some females being in or near estrus or postpartum at the time of radiography, at which time joints were supposedly slightly looser.

The OFA's contentions, as well as our breeders» assumptions that estrus loosens joints, are unfounded, according to this 1997 report.

This is based on the as - yet unproven idea that inactivity or estrus may cause joints to be looser than they would be at other times, but as you will see, this concept, if substantiated, would be highly dependent on the hip - extended view.

However, the older hypothesis goes, if you combine a number of factors such as radiographing while the bitch is in estrus or close to whelping (either before or after), doing the evaluation early in the morning, a lack of muscle tone in the dog because of a sedentary life, and deep anesthesia, it's possible that a number of dogs would show more laxity than otherwise (in the hip - extended view).

However, as I mentioned earlier, although there was that one report by Keller and Bouchard that supported this effect of estrus on laxity or congruity, it has never been confirmed by others, and at least one study by Hassinger and others, performed with peer review and scientific controls, indicates that there is no basis for that idea.

The smaller breeds tend to go into estrus or «heat» earlier and some females can have their first «heat» cycle as early as four months of age.

As a result of research conducted during the captive breeding period, we now know that island foxes have induced estrus and ovulation, which is unique among canids and may be related to other distinctive features of their mating system.

They will be buck magnets during the rut as the bucks cruise from one bedding area to another, checking for does coming into estrus.