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What do pregnancy tests measure |
Hormone Relaxin |
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What happens to estrogen levels in proestrus |
They raise |
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What marks the beginning of proestrus |
Bloody vaginal discharge and vulvar swelling |
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What cells are in proestrus |
Parabasal Intermediate |
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What day does estrus begin |
Day of LH surge |
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What is there a rise in for estrus |
FSH Progesterone |
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What declines during estrus |
Estrogen |
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What color does discharge become during estrus |
Straw colored |
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Cells during estrus |
Mostly cornified superficial cells with pyknotic nuclei Some RBC Neutrophils toward end |
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What was diestrus formerly called |
Metaestrus |
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When does diestrus begin |
7-9 days after LH surge |
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What levels continue to rise in diestrus |
Progesterone |
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When does Diestrus last until |
Until the bitch whelps or 65 days post LH surge |
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Diestrus cells |
Cornified cells are >50% Return of parabasal and intermediate cells Increase in neutrophils |
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What does prostatic fluid act as |
Spermicide |
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Pathway for semen |
Testes Vas defrenes Urthera |
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When should you slide prepuce behind bulbis glandis |
Before erection |
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Urethral fraction |
1-3ml Clear and serous |
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Sperm rich fraction |
0.5-3ml Thick, white, opaque |
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Prostatic fraction |
2-20ml Clear and serous |
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Which cells are non cornified |
Parabasal and intermediate |
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Which cells are cornified |
Superficial Anuclear |
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Cells deepest to superficial |
Parabasal Intermediate Superficial Anuclear |
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Metestrum |
Present during metestrus Very large intermediates |
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Foam cell |
Parabasal or intermediate, contain cytoplasmic vaculoes |
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Estrogen |
Prepares for pregnancy also called party hormone |
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Progesterone |
Maintains pregnancy, levels rise with LH surge |
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FSH |
Stimulates development of follicles and prepares them for ovulation |
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LH |
converts cholesterol into progesterone, ovulation is 2 days after. Peak time to breed is 4-6 days after surge |
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Which cells can have pyknotic nuclei |
Superficial |
