Prior exposure of maiden ewes to rams enhances their behavioural interactions with rams but is not a pre-requisite to their endocrine response to the ram effect

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 13-21

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

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Biology and Environmental Science   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anoestrus; Luteinising hormone; Maiden ewes; Ram effect; Sexual experience

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP;

EID: 49549090239     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.06.031     Document Type: Article

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