Effect of season on the resumption of postpartum cyclic ovarian activity in Mouflon (Ovis gmelini musimon) and Manchega sheep (Ovis aries)

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-74

  Santiago Moreno, J ^a   Gonzalez De Bulnes A ^a   Gomez Brunet A ^a   Lopez Sebastian A ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Manchega sheep; Mouflon; Ovulation; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342545844     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00110-8     Document Type: Article

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