Example sentences for: caged

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  • The animal room was maintained on a 14L:10D cycle, and room temperature was 25-28°C; food (Fox Reproduction Food; Milk Specialties Co., New Holstein, WI) and acidified water (pH= 4.2) were provided ad libitum . Males (n = 6 proven breeders) and females were caged individually and held on different shelving racks, separated by at least 2 m.

  • About 1 km (1⁄2 mile) along Jalan Veteran, the bird market caters to the local liking for caged birds, from big hornbills to tiny songsters.

  • Females lack an estrous cycle and anestrous adults are dependent upon direct contact with a non-volatile male pheromone for induction of estrus [ 8 ] . Hormonal control of scentmarking and sexual behavior of this species (hereinafter, opossum) has been described in some detail [ 9 10 ] . Estrus is induced when females nuzzle scentmarks from the androgen-dependent suprasternal (chest) gland [ 10 11 ] . Nuzzling delivers nonvolatile chemical signals to the vomeronasal organ (VNO) [ 12 ] and surgical removal of the VNO prevents induction of estrus by scentmarks alone [ 13 ] , although cautery ablation of the VNO fails to prevent ovarian activation and ovulation in females that are caged with adult males [ 14 ] . While anestrous adults are reliant on male pheromone for reproductive activation, spontaneous postlactational estrus occurs in the absence of direct contact with male pheromone [ 15 ] .

  • Estrous females will not ovulate unless paired with a male [ 7 ] , but copulation is not required to stimulate ovulation in females caged with males [ 7 17 ] . Copulation typically occurs on the second night of paring [ 18 ] . Litters of about 8 young are born after a 15-day gestation, and young are weaned at 8 weeks of age.

  • Yet, the inter-strain differences in heart rate we non-invasively obtained after ECG recordings of short duration are in agreement with invasive experimental techniques intended to monitor heart rate in mice as caged [ 6, 8].


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