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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 702186 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain stockbreeding
ind preferred
innaaeg
indlus
jooksuaeg
innaperiood
oestrus preferred
heat period
oestral period
heat
season
oestrum
estrus
  • emaslooma (perioodiline) sugukihu
  • the heat period, which usually lasts two or three days, is the time during which the sow will accept the boar. It is better to breed the sow during the second or third day of the heat period than during the first day.
ind preferred
innaaeg
indlus
jooksuaeg
innaperiood
östraalperiood
oestrus preferred
Usage examples
  • In addition to the above principles, the following rules shall apply: (a) the use of substances to promote growth or production, (including antibiotics, coccidiostatics and other artificial aids for growth promotion purposes) and the use of hormones or similar substances to control reproduction (e.g. induction or synchronisation of oestrus), or for other purposes, is prohibited. Nevertheless, hormones may be administered to an individual animal, as a form of therapeutic veterinary treatment ...
Good to know
  • Although 'heat period', 'heat', and 'season' are essentially synonymous, they cannot be used interchangeably in all contexts, and care must be taken when they are used. 'Heat period' is required in such expressions as 'return of', 'late return of', 'regularity of'.
heat period
oestral period
heat
season
oestrum
estrus
estrum
Brunst
kiima-aika

Loomakasvatuse terminibaas

ID 478502 Last modified 26.09.2022
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estrus
ind
estrus
Brunst
  • innatsükli teine järk, mil emasloom on valmis paarumiseks
estrus
ind
estrus
Brunst

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