The timing of the onset of puberty, extension of the breeding season, and length of postpartum anestrus in the female mouflon (Ovis gmelini musimon)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 230-235

  Santiago Moreno, J ^a   Lopez Sebastian, A ^a   Gonzalez Bulnes, A ^a   Gomez Brunet, A ^a   Tortonese, Domingo ^b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding season; Mouflon; Ovis gmelini musimon; Progesterone; Radioimmunoassay

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ESTRUS; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ESTRUS; FEMALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037587319     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0230:TTOTOO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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