Effects of castration on grooming in goats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 707-713

  Mooring, Michael S ^a   Gavazzi, Anita J ^b   Hart, Benjamin L ^b  

^a POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capra; Castration; Goats; Grooming; Programmed; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOAT; GROOMING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032123293     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00130-9     Document Type: Article

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