Use of melatonin implants and photoperiodic treatments to control seasonal reproduction in sheep and goats;Emploi des implants de mélatonine et des traitements photopériodiques pour maîtriser la reproduction saisonnière chez les ovins et les caprins

Productions Animales

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-60

  Chemineau, P ^a   Malpaux, B ^a   Pelletier, J ^a   Leboeuf, B ^b   Delgadillo, J A ^c   Deletang, F ^d   Pobel, T ^d   Brice, G ^e  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

^d SANOFI   (France)

^e Institut de l'Elevage   (France)

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