Positive correlation between the body weight of anestrous goats and their response to the male effect with sexually active bucks

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 657-661

  Véliz, Francisco G ^a   Poindron, Pascal ^b   Malpaux, Benoît ^b   Delgadillo, J Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Biostimulation; Body condition; Estrus induction; Live weight; Seasonality; Subtropics; Teasing

Indexed keywords

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BUCK (MAMMAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GOATS; MALE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33845527399     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: 12979708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2006039     Document Type: Article

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