Sentences with phrase «mated during estrus»

If the queen is not mated during estrus, she will «go out of heat» for a short period of time, usually 1 - 2 weeks.
If the female cat does not mate during estrus, hormonal levels will eventually drop off, and the estrus cycle will cease until it repeats itself in another two to three weeks.
If the queen mates during estrus, it will induce ovulation.

Not exact matches

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.
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.
To ensure pregnancy, mating may have to be repeated regularly during the female's estrus.
Queens typically need to mate about four to six times during estrus to become pregnant.
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.
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