Sexual behavior of mares

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-17

  Crowell Davis, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Diestrus; Estrus; Horse; Mare; Reproduction; Sexual

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGGRESSION; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; MARE; MATING; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STALLION;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HORSES; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 34249310985     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.03.020     Document Type: Article

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