Season of birth modifies puberty in female and male goats raised under subtropical conditions

Animal

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 858-864

  Delgadillo, J A ^a   De Santiago Miramontes, M A ^a   Carrillo, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Tecnologico de Torreon   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Goats; Puberty; Seasonal variation; Subtropics

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALFALFA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HAY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PUBERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; VAGINA; WEANING;

CAPRA HIRCUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34447646134     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107000080     Document Type: Article

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