Repeated Matings with Individual Ewes by Rams Differing in Sexual Performance

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 542-544

  Price, Edward O ^a   Borgwardt, R ^a   Dally, M R ^a,b   Hemsworth, P H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hopland Res and Extension Center   (United States)

^c VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mating; Rams; Sexual Behavior; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; COPULATION; EJACULATION; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP;

EID: 0030095565     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.743542x     Document Type: Article

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