Label-Free Quantification (LFQ) of Fecal Proteins for Potential Pregnancy Detection in Polar Bears
Reliable pregnancy diagnostics would be beneficial for monitoring polar bear (Ursus maritimus) populations both in situ and ex situ, but currently there is no method of non-invasive pregnancy detection in this species. Recent reports in several carnivore
Erin Curry +6 more
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The effects of sumatriptan on the carotid circulation of the pig [PDF]
Background: Surgical treatment of ovarian remnant syndrome (ORS) in dogs usually necessitates large celiotomies and considerable manipulation of organs because of the relatively deep position of ovarian remnant tissue, large patient size, and often ...
Boer, M.O. (Marinus) den +4 more
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Delusion of pregnancy: Conception in brain
Delusional disorders are common psychiatric disorders, but a delusion of pregnancy is a rare condition. Four cases that presented at a single tertiary care psychiatry center with delusion of pregnancy as a part of different psychological disorders are ...
Madhubrata Ray +3 more
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EFFECT OF OXYTOCIN AND BROMOCRIPTINE ON CORPORA LUTEA AND PSEUDOPREGNANCY IN MICE
Oxytocin adminstered on the fifth day of pseudopregnancy daily at a dose of 200 mU for 4 days, caused. an extension in pseudopregnancy length. Concomitant adminstration of bromocriptine (10 mg) caused reduction in pseudopregnancy length.
N. A. S. AL- Khadi +2 more
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Improved timed-mating, non-invasive method using fewer unproven female rats with pregnancy validation via early body mass increases [PDF]
For studies requiring accurate conception-timing, reliable, efficient methods of detecting oestrus reduce time and costs, whilst improving welfare. Standard methods use vaginal cytology to stage cycle, and breeders are paired–up using approximately five ...
Agata K Stramek +18 more
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The acute phase protein ceruloplasmin as a non-invasive marker of pseudopregnancy, pregnancy, and pregnancy loss in the giant panda. [PDF]
After ovulation, non-pregnant female giant pandas experience pseudopregnancy. During pseudopregnancy, non-pregnant females exhibit physiological and behavioral changes similar to pregnancy.
Erin L Willis +3 more
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Expression of COX-1 and COX-2 in the endometrium of cyclic, pregnant and in a model of pseudopregnant rats and their regulation by sex steroids [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Cyclooxygenases (COXs) are the rate limiting enzymes in the process of prostaglandins (PGs) synthesis, which are critical regulators of a number of reproductive processes, including ovulation, implantation, decidualization and parturition ...
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Endometriosis is diagnosed when tissue which resembles the endometrial lining exists outside the endometrial cavity. Although first described as a pathological entity in the late 1800s, the term “endometriosis” was not introduced until the early 1920s by
Hurt, W. Glenn, Wetheim, Ray A.
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Incomplete ovarian tissue removal in female dogs and cats [PDF]
Incomplete ovariectomy (IO) is the unintentional partial or complete lack of removal of one or both ovaries during an ovariohysterectomy or ovariectomy procedure, and is often referred to as ‘ovarian remnant syndrome’.
Davies N. L. +5 more
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Background Utilization of estrus synchronization program in livestock industry would provide greater options for reproductive management in herd. To develop a convenient method for estrus synchronization in pigs, we determined the effective protocol ...
Noguchi Michiko +4 more
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