Behavior and endocrine changes in high-performing, low-performing, and male-oriented domestic rams following exposure to rams and ewes in estrus when copulation is precluded

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1869-1874

  Alexander, B M ^b   Stellflug, J N ^a   Rose, J D ^b   Fitzgerald, J A ^a   Moss, G E ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

LH; Rams; Sexual behavior; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS;

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COPULATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWINE;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SWINE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033161348     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.7771869x     Document Type: Article

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