[Estrous cycle of the Arctic lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus Pall.) maintained and breeding under laboratory conditions].
Reproductive functions and life at laboratory conditions were studied in the lemming. Standard cage-terrariums with a wheel for motion and a plate for drinking are quite convenient. The main ration includes: hay, oats with some carrot added, some apples two--three times a week, sunflower seeds. The animals feel well and reproduce at +8 degrees and +20 degrees in well ventilated rooms. The estrous cycle in lemming females studied by microscopy of vaginal smears is not regular. Only two stages are definitely seen: diestrus and estrus. Intermediate stages--proestrus and metaestrus--can be identified by a successive studies of vaginal smears of the same animal.
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D001947:Breeding; D004031:Diestrus; D004971:Estrus; D005260:Female; D006799:Housing, Animal; D008834:Microclimate; D011247:Pregnancy; D012377:Rodentia / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
Issledovanie éstral'nogo tsikla kopytnogo lemminga (Dicrostonyx torquatus Pall.) pri soderzhanii i razvedenii v laboartornykh usloviiakh.