Changes

== Complications ==

== Complications ==

* Changes characteristic of the cycle of the bitch include growth and proliferation of the mammary gland with each cycle even if the bitch does not conceive.

Changes characteristic of the cycle of the bitch include, growth and proliferation of the mammary gland with each cycle even if the bitch does not conceive. Frequent proliferation and subsequent [[Lactation - Anatomy & Physiology#Involution|involution]] predisposes the bitch to [[Neoplasia - Pathology#Examples of Tumour Types|mammary tumours]].

* Frequent proliferation and subsequent [[Lactation - Anatomy & Physiology#Involution|involution]] predisposes the bitch to [[Neoplasia - Pathology#Examples of Tumour Types|mammary tumours]].

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