estrous
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- adjective
- /ˈɛstrəs/
- Specialized
- To test the possibility that estrous females were moving to the lek to avoid harassment, we needed to compare rates of sexual harassment on and off the lek.
- estrous cycle
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Estrogens (AmE) or oestrogen (BE) are a group of compounds named for their importance in the estrous cycle of humans and other animals.
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Repeatability of maximum numbers of antral follicles was very high in follicular waves of the same (0.83) and different (0.85) estrous cycles.
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Follicles grow by the day 6-7 of the estrous cycle.
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Differences may be due to the estrous cycle of the female at the time of testing; however, none of the studies discussed here reported this variable.
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Each heifer was scanned on alternate days, from day 1 to day 9 of the successive estrous cycle.
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The number of follicles for 10 representative heifers during the different follicular waves in an estrous cycle is depicted in Figure 1.
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The total number of follicles during different follicular waves of the estrous cycle among different animals was consistently low (1-4), intermediate (5-8), and high (9 or above).
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Each animal was subjected to ultrasound scanning on alternating days until the end of the last follicular wave of the same estrous cycle and up until the end of the first follicular wave of the subsequent estrous cycle.
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In the second experiment, four lactating buffaloes were selected to count antral follicles from day 1 to day 10 of the estrous cycle and super-stimulated by using FSH hormone.
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Each spring, female pandas are in estrous for only 24 to 72 hours, allowing them to mate.
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A female animal ready to mate and able to have babies
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Etymology
The word estrous comes from the old Greek word oistros, which meant a 'frenzy' or strong sexual urge. You can also see the same root in oestrogen, the hormone linked to the female cycle. So, estrous means a female animal is 'in heat' and showing that strong mating readiness.