Short term, repeated exposure to rams during the transition into the breeding season improves the synchrony of mating in the breeding season

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 333-344

  Hawken, P A R ^a   Evans, A C O ^b   Beard, A P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Food Science and Veterinary Medicine   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Breeding season; Oestrus synchronisation; Ram effect; Sheep; Temperate

Indexed keywords

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ESTRUS CYCLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP; TIME; VASECTOMY;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; PERIODICITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; VASECTOMY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 42949084658     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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