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metestrus

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metestrus [med′es·trəs]
(physiology)
The beginning of the luteal phase following estrus.


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These animals displayed vaginal smears resembling atypical sustained metestrus as described for THF-diols (Markaverich et al.
However, researchers noted the odds for pregnancy were higher for cows in metestrus (3 to 4 days after estrus when estrogen levels decline and the corpus luteum starts to develop) when on the Heatsynch protocol.
Second estrus was defined as the day on which a smear indicating estrus fell within a run of smears clearly showing the correct cyclic sequence of proestrus, estrus, metestrus, and diestrus.
 
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