Martyna Woszczyło, Antoni Szumny, Jacek Łyczko, Tadeusz Jezierski, Paulina Krzemińska, Izabela Szczerbal, Marek Świtoński, Wojciech Niżański, Michał Dzięcioł
During the ovarian cycle in domestic dogs, females do not accept males during the first days of estrus but become attractive to males from the beginning of proestrus, with this attractiveness persisting until the end of the estrus phase. It is believed that increased estradiol is responsible for the female attractiveness to the males. In this paper we describe the case of strong, but atypical attractiveness of a castrated male to various, adult, intact males, influenced by the emitted semiochemical signals...
November 4, 2021: Animals: An Open Access Journal From MDPI