Incidence of repeat-breeding among angus bulls (Bos taurus) differing in sexual performance

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-98

  De Araujo, Jennifer Williams ^a,c   Borgwardt, Reid E ^a   Sween, Matthew L ^b   Yelich, Joel V ^c   Price, Edward O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Univ California Sierra Foothill R   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulls; Libido; Mate preference; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CATTLE; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0037454427     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00259-9     Document Type: Article

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