Sexual behavior of donkey jacks: Influence of ejaculatory frequency and season

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 593-603

  Gastal, M O ^c   Henry, M ^b   Beker, A R ^b   Gastal, E L ^a   Goncalves A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Donkey jacks; Ejaculate; Season; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; DONKEY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 0030224479     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(96)00211-7     Document Type: Article

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