Reproductive response in seasonally anestrous suffolk ewes after a treatment combining melatonin feeding and the 'Male effect'

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-212

  Kusakari, Naohito ^a,b   Ohara, Mutsuo ^a  

^a Takikawa Animal Husbandry Experiment Station of Hokkaido   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Prefectural Shintoku Animal Husbandry Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anestrous season; Fertility; Male effect; Melatonin; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342990926     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.42.209     Document Type: Article

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