Management of photoperiod to control caprine reproduction in the subtropics

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 471-478

  Delgadillo, José Alberto ^a   Fitz Rodríguez, Gonzalo ^a   Duarte, Gerardo ^a   Véliz, Francisco Gerardo ^a   Carrillo, Evaristo ^a   Flores, José Alfredo ^a   Vielma, Jesús ^a   Hernandez, Horacio ^a   Malpaux, Benoît ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Goats; Male effect; Melatonin; Reproductive seasonality

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANESTRUS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; GOAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GOATS; MALE; MELANINS; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 3242785688     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD04030     Document Type: Article

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