If no pregnancy results from a breeding during the heat cycle, the bitch goes back
into anestrus.
Not exact matches
As
anestrus draws to a close, follicle stimulating hormone is elevated, which «ripens» the eggs to be let out of the ovaries and
into the fallopian tubes.
The dog's cycle is divided
into four stages: diestrus,
anestrus, proestrus, and estrus.
Otherwise known as the prolonged
anestrus, such abnormality occurs in females who previously had their cycle, but do not come
into heat after 16 or more months.
The
anestrus stage lasts four to five months in dogs who go
into heat twice a year; it can be briefer for dogs who cycle more quickly, and it can last for much longer than a year in those who cycle once a year or less frequently.