Changes in the whole vagina of the mouse during estrus and pregnancy

Schick, Richard

doi:10.1002/jmor.1050720207

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“…Over a number of years the vaginal smear technique has been used on rodents as a means of assessing the stage of the oestrous cycle in females (Stockard & Papanicolaou, 1917;Schick, 1943). Various staining procedures and criteria for judging the stage of the oestrous cycle have been developed (e.g.…”

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Determination of oestrous condition in female mice is dependent upon time of day

Drickamer¹

1987

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Mice were maintained in rooms with constant ambient conditions and a 12 h light:12 h dark daily light regimen with the lights on starting at 06:00 h. In Exp. I, detection of puberty, as measured by first vaginal oestrus, was recorded at significantly earlier ages when vaginal smears were taken at 04:00 or 08:00 h than at other times of the day. In Exp. II, adult females were detected as being in oestrus more frequently when vaginal smears were taken within 6 h before or after the onset of the light part of the cycle each day than at other times.

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