Effect of breed and age on sexual behaviour of rams

Theriogenology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1480-1491

  Simitzis, Panagiotis E ^a   Deligeorgis, Stelios G ^a   Bizelis, Joseph A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flehmen; Nudging; Sexual behaviour; Sheep; Sniffing

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33645913836     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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