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=== Pseudopregnancy ===
 
=== Pseudopregnancy ===
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* Almost all bitches show some evidence of pseudopregnancy during metoestrus.
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** Covert pseudopregnancy: where the bitch is in metoestrus, but shows little or no signs.
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** Overt pseudopregnancy: where the bitch shows signs ranging from slight mammary development and lactogenesis to mock-parturition with nesting, loss of appetite, straining, emotional attachment to inanimate objects and heavy lactation.
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* There is no difference in progesterone concentrations in bitches with or without pseudopregnancy.
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* Prolactin is probably responsible for initiating the changes.
    
= Links =
 
= Links =
    
[[Oestrous_Cycle_-Pharmacological_Manipulation_of_Oestrous_Cycles_-_Anatomy_%26_Physiology|Pharmacological Manipulation of Oestrous Cycles]]
 
[[Oestrous_Cycle_-Pharmacological_Manipulation_of_Oestrous_Cycles_-_Anatomy_%26_Physiology|Pharmacological Manipulation of Oestrous Cycles]]
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