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n. - Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of activity.

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  • Number of monthly reports of anoestrus in 2009 and 2008 compared to average of 1997 to 2007.
  • The most marked change was in anoestrus reports which fell almost 50%, in complete contrast to last year when there was a marked rise in cases.
  • Even for the female in lactational anoestrus, her inter-birth interval was 49 months, meaning that she did not successfully conceive until 27 months after the birth of...
  • Whilst such hormonal changes may be the proximate cause of false oestrus events here, at least three different abnormal hormonal mechanisms must be invoked to explain the...
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