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  • Title: Hormonal induction of oestrus and pregnancy in anoestrous ferrets (Mustela putorius furo).
    Author: Mead RA, Neirinckx S.
    Journal: J Reprod Fertil; 1989 May; 86(1):309-14. PubMed ID: 2502620.
    Abstract:
    Three doses of FSH were tested for their ability to induce oestrus in ferrets. A dose of 0.25 mg, administered twice daily, induced oestrus and breeding in most females within 6-13 days. Addition of 5 i.u. hCG during the final stages of follicular development enhanced the percentage of females with implantation sites (85%), and 23% of the ferrets so treated gave birth to kits, none of which survived for more than 3 days. This may have been due to insufficient prolactin secretion and thus inadequate luteal maintenance and milk production, as these females were maintained on a short-day photoperiod.
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