The male effect, mounting behavior, and the onset of estrus in farmed muskoxen

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2669-2674

  Rowell, J E ^a   Sousa, M C ^a   Shipka, M P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding Season; Detection; Estrous Cycle; Males; Ovibos moschatus

Indexed keywords

OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS;

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVIDS; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRUS; ESTRUS DETECTION; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; MALE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RUMINANTS; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542757055     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.81112669x     Document Type: Article

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