Sexual behavior of male pigs

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-44

  Hemsworth, P H ^a   Tilbrook, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Male pig; Reproduction; Sexual behavior; Social environment; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREED; HORMONAL REGULATION; MATING; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORMONES; MALE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 34249305483     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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