Artificial selection of rams for sexual performance and its effect on the sexual behavior and fecundity of male and female progeny

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-50

  Bench, C J ^a,b   Price, E O ^a   Dally, M R ^a   Borgwardt, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRAIRIE SWINE CENTRE INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Libido; Ram; Reproduction; Serving capacity; Sexual behavior; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0035795091     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00191-X     Document Type: Article

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