CHAPTER OUTLINE

■ FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

Ovaries

Ovarian Follicles

Tubular Genital Tract

External Genitalia

Blood Supply of Female,Genitalia

■ HORMONES OF FEMALE REPRODUCTION

Estrogens

Progesterone

Gonadotropins

■ OVARIAN FOLLICLE ACTIVITY

Follicular Growth

Ovulation

Corpus Luteum Formation.and Regression

Summary of Ovarian.Cycle Events

■ SEXUAL RECEPTIVITY

■ ESTROUS CYCLE AND RELATED FACTORS

Stages of Estrous Cycle

Photoperiod

Nutrition

Species Characteristics

■ PREGNANCY

Transport of Oocyte and Spermatozoa

Fertilization

Implantation and Placentation

Hormones

Diagnosis

■ PARTURITION

Signs of Approaching Parturition

Hormone Changes

Stages

■ INVOLUTION OF THE UTERUS

Cow

Mare, Ewe, and Sow

Bitch

■ REPRODUCTION IN THE AVIAN FEMALE

The reproductive functions of the female involve production of oocytes, provision of an environment for growth and nutrition of the fetus that develops after fertilization of a mature oocyte by a spermatozoon, to give birth at an appropriate time, and to continue the nutritional function through lactation.

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