Heterosexual experience differentially affects the expression of sexual behavior in 6- and 8-month-old ram lambs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 193-199

  Price, Edward O ^a   Borgwardt, Reid ^a   Dally, Martin R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hopland Res and Extension Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Early experience; Sexual behavior; Sheep

Indexed keywords

RAM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030467964     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(95)00643-5     Document Type: Article

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