Maintaining contact with bucks does not induce refractoriness to the male effect in seasonally anestrous female goats

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 300-309

  Veliz F G ^a   Poindron, P ^b   Malpaux, B ^b   Delgadillo, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Biostimulation; Gender isolation; Goats; Seasonal anestrus; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GOAT; MALE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GOATS; MALE; OVULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33645917987     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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