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The Physiology of Ovulation Timing in the Bitch

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Christensen B.W.
In: SFT - Theriogenology Annual Conference - Milwaukee, 2011 by Society for Theriogenology
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AUG 13, 2011
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Abstract

Accurately timing breeding of a bitch is often done using vaginal cytology, vaginoscopy, and serum progesterone assays, none of which is a direct measure of ovulation or oocyte fertility. Despite the lack of direct connection to fertility, the indirect connections are strong and predictable and have to do with the effects of estrogen and progesterone on the bitch’s anatomy and physiology. This review discusses the effects of estrogen and progesterone on the bitch and how the changes we use to predict when to breed are related to the fluctuations in these hormones. [...]

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Christensen, B. (2011) “The Physiology of Ovulation Timing in the Bitch”, SFT - Theriogenology Annual Conference - Milwaukee, 2011. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/sft/sft-theriogenology-annual-conference-milwaukee-2011/physiology-of-ovulation-timing-bitch (Accessed: 08 June 2023).

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