Noun:

ઋતુ,

estrus's Usage Examples:

males are tending bonds with females near oestrus, smaller males will tend to females that are farther from oestrus.

Variant terms for proestrus include pro-oestrus, proestrum, and pro-oestrum.

Rutting males fight over dominance, and the victorious male courts female in oestrus.

Females that have received estradiol as a mismating shot (abortifacient) in diestrus are at risk for more severe disease because estrogen increases the number.

Most mares enter an anestrus period during the winter and thus do not cycle in this period.

pregnant and lactating adult female mice, resulting in a longer than typical oestrus period.

Etymology and nomenclature Estrus is derived via Latin oestrus ('frenzy', 'gadfly'), from Greek οἶστρος oîstros (literally 'gadfly', more figuratively 'frenzy', 'madness', among other meanings like 'breeze').

After completion (or abortion) of a pregnancy, some species have postpartum estrus, which is ovulation and corpus luteum production that occurs immediately.

When the farmer sees that a ewe (female adult) is showing signs of heat or estrus, they can organise for mating with males.

The Whitten effect is stimulation, by male pheromones, of synchronous estrus in a female population.

However, before she enters oestrus, he may be replaced by a more dominant male.

show reproductive signs such as anoestrus, irregular oestrus patterns, agalactia, abortion, and infertility.

Synonyms:

heat, oestrus, physical condition, physiological condition, rut, physiological state,

Antonyms:

anestrus, cool, coldness, unemotionality, impotence,