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Estrus

Known as: estrous, oestrus 
The period in the ESTROUS CYCLE associated with maximum sexual receptivity and fertility in non-primate female mammals.
National Institutes of Health

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Estrous CycleIn BloodMenstrual cycleMenstruation

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reproductive function

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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Cytochromes P-450scc, P-450(17)alpha, adrenodoxin, and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-cytochrome P-450 reductase in bovine follicles and corpora lutea. Changes in specific…
To investigate the basis for the pattern of ovarian steroid production during the bovine estrous cycle, the tissue concentrations… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Oxytocin concentrations in peripheral blood during the oestrous cycle and after ovariectomy in two breeds of sheep with low and high fecundity.
Oxytocin was measured radioimmunologically during the oestrous cycle in six ewes of each of two local Moroccan breeds of sheep… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Effect of combined selenium and retinyl acetate treatment on mammary carcinogenesis.
The influence of feeding a pharmacological level of either selenium (SE), retinyl acetate (RA), or selenium and retinyl acetate… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Serum progesterone concentrations in cows receiving embryo transfers.
Progesterone concentrations in systemic blood were determined by radioimmunoassay in crossbred cattle used as recipients in an… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Stress-induced gonadotropin and prolactin secretory patterns.
To further evaluate the influence that sex, time of day and/or stage of the estrous cycle have on stress-induced changes in… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Blood plasma levels of progesterone and oestradiol in the dog during the oestrous cycle and pregnancy.
Plasma oestradiol and progesterone levels were studied in German Shepherd and Greyhound bitches during the normal oestrous cycle… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Prostaglandin receptors in the human, monkey and hamster uterus.
An in vitro tissue slice incubation system has been used to measure uptake and binding of 3H-labeled prostaglandins by uterine… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
The effect of constant photoperiod on the expression of oestrus in the ewe.
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Changes in gonadotrophins, ovarian steroids and follicular morphology in sheep at oestrus.
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Influence of luteinizing hormone on corpus luteum metabolism and progesterone biosynthesis throughout the bovine estrous cycle.
Progesterone biosynthesis in vitro by slices of bovine corpora lutea obtained surgically throughout the estrous cycle has been…