Libido testing and the effect of exposing sexually naive Awassi rams to estrous ewes on sexual performance

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-152

  Kridli, R T ^a   Said, S I ^a  

^a Faculty of Agriculture   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Awassi; Libido; Sexual performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032963586     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(98)00168-0     Document Type: Article

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