Female-female mounting among goats stimulates sexual performance in males

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-37

  Shearer, Meagan K ^a   Katz, Larry S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female female mounting; Goats; Proceptivity; Sexual behavior; Sexual performance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GOAT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GOATS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646830135     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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