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The day we collared Tim, the great tusker

Edit The Guardian 16 Sep 2016
Paula Kahumbu. The latest satellite tracking technology is helping to keep elephants safe from poachers— and away from farmers crops. Paula Kahumbu is the CEO of Kenyan Conservation NGO WildlifeDirect and a campaigner for elephants and wildlife ... Tension rose among the onlookers as the minutes passed ... Twitter ... He is much sought after by females in oestrus and has spent his adult life passing on his genes to elephant population in Amboseli....

'Unka character dheela hai': Haryana minister complains about 'unsanskari' foreign bulls

Edit DNA India 31 Aug 2016
--> dna Web Team . Wed, 31 Aug 2016-11.25pm , dna webdesk. The Haryana minister felt that foreign bulls lack the moral code followed by their indigenous counterparts and go around inseminating all cattle including buffaloes ... He further said ... "Hamara sand ritugami hai, ye ritugami nahi hai (Our bulls mate only when the female's oestrus cycle is active but foreign bulls don't care about this)." ... dna Web Team. ....

Enigmatic echidnas bring a different style of mating to Queensland

Edit The Guardian 05 Aug 2016
Large groups have been seen engaging in the ‘training’ technique, where one female is pursued by several males. @mlle_elle ... The females are in oestrus, the girls are being almost harassed by the boys, to the point where one will ultimately win out.”. But it was difficult to explain the behaviour when so little was known about their reproductive biology in general, said Johnston – even about “basic things” such as their oestrus cycle ... ....

Remote monitoring boost to beef research (Charles Sturt University)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Aug 2016
(Source. Charles Sturt University). Charles Sturt University (CSU) academics are part of a research team exploring how remote monitoring technology can be put to use in the beef industry ... 'We hope this tool will help researchers fill in some of those gaps ... 'We're now investigating other ways we can use the telemetric technology, for example an ear tag that could help producers identify when a cow is oestrus and to which bull she is bred....

Infertility treatment camp held

Edit The Hindu 24 Jul 2016
A team of experts from the college provided their services in oestrus induction, hormonal therapy for infertility ... Artificial insemination was carried out on two and oestrus induction on seven animals....

Do Women’s Periods Really Sync When They Spend Time Together?

Edit Alternet 16 Jul 2016
There is now accumulating evidence that casts serious doubt on the existence of the phenomenon ... Casting serious doubts ... First, the original 1971 study was criticised ... The hypothesis that synchronisation of menstrual or oestrus (being “on heat” in the case of many non-human primates) cycles is an adaptive process can be appealing as it suggests that evolution favoured females who cooperated in the face of male sexual domination....

Mama bears use human shields to protect cubs: study

Edit Deccan Chronicle 23 Jun 2016
Paris. Brown bear mothers in a Swedish forest use human "shields" against murderous males, overcoming their own fear to raise defenceless cubs near villages where hunters live, researchers said Wednesday ... Male brown bears kill cubs to trigger oestrus a period of sexual receptivity in females who would otherwise have come into heat only after raising their cubs to independence ... ....

News and press releases: Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) Meeting of 17-19 May 2016 (EMA - European Medicines Agency)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
The Committee further concluded that these products are essential in modern pig production and there is no alternative available at present in the EU for oestrus synchronisation of gilts; therefore in order to address the risk to the environment, risk mitigation measures should be included in the product informationto lower the risk and to make the user aware that altrenogest may be hazardous for fish and other aquatic organisms....

Seaweed-Based Beads Could Be An Effective Alternative To Contraceptive Pill

Edit Huffington Post 28 Apr 2016
With mood swings and headaches among the side effects, finding a contraceptive pill that suits your body can be a minefield. . But preventing pregnancy may be about to get a lot easier ... The contraceptive works by tricking sperm into latching onto the protein-coated beads ... Despite regular mating, none of the mice became pregnant through 10 oestrus cycles ... ....

Residents warned to be careful around dogs (Shanghai Municipal Government)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Apr 2016
(Source. Shanghai Municipal Government). A sharp rise in the number of people being bitten by their own dogs has been blamed on the females of the species entering the period of oestrus as the temperature rises ... Yin advises people to be cautious when interacting with pets and to never let children play with them alone. He also warned ... (noodl....

What science doesn’t know about the menopause: what it’s for and how to treat it

Edit The Guardian 15 Dec 2015
It is a critical stage of life for half the population yet women struggling with symptoms are confronted with conflicting advice. Why is so little understood about the menopause?. My physio, a young woman called Lucy, was simply making conversation ... “Collagen.” ... I stank ... The word oestrogen, meanwhile, is derived from “oestrus”, a Greek word mostly translated as gadfly or frenzy (but sometimes as verve) and the suffix “gen” (producer of) ... ....

On menopause

Edit Mosaic Science 15 Dec 2015
 . There are a few things science doesn’t know about the menopause. what it’s for, how it works and how best to treat it. Approaching her second – yes, second – menopause, Rose George finds herself with more questions than answers ... “Collagen.” ... I stank ... § ... § ... § ... The word ‘oestrogen’, meanwhile, is derived from oestrus, a Greek word mostly translated as ‘gadfly’ or ‘frenzy’ (but sometimes as ‘verve’) and the suffix ‘gen’ (‘producer of’) ... ....

Sunday, October 25

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 18 Oct 2015
FREE TO AIR. Scorpion Ten, 6.30pm  ... The Scorpion team members are uber geniuses after all, they know how to do that sort of stuff ... Try this for example ... All of which is a bit eye-rolling but acceptable. But then you learn the ferret’s name is Bueller ... The cubs are taken away from their mothers just three to 10 days after birth so  the lionesses can come back into oestrus and remain more or less perpetually pregnant ... ....
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