Watch for behavioral clues such as restlessness or vocalization that signal a female animal is in oestrus.

Behavioral Changes

Physical changes, like swelling or scent marking, can accompany oestrus in animals.

Physical Signs

In zoos, knowledge of oestrus helps keepers manage breeding and animal welfare.

Zoo Context

Oestrus relates to specific behaviors animals display when they're ready to mate.

Mating Behavior

Animals may enter oestrus in response to seasonal changes, aligning with optimal birth times.

Seasonal Patterns

Understanding oestrus is important in studies on animal reproduction and behavior.

Research Importance

 the ostrich cycle of the female has got nothing to do with the presence of a male this is how it works the female when the air condition is right due to some of the ostrich and hormones she goes on oestrus and she can be on

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 And it can attract bulls from far and wide. Normally placid males try to get close to a female in oestrus. And that can cause chaos.