Seasonal endocrine changes and breeding activity in Mediterranean wild ruminants

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 72-81

  Santiago Moreno, J ^a,b   Gomez Brunet A ^a   Toledano Diaz A ^a   Picazo, R ^a   Gonzalez Bulnes, A ^a   Lopez Sebastian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 33748569800     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00771.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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