Ovulation rate, litter size and prenatal losses in hair sheep of the French West Indies

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 333-339

  Mahieu, Maurice ^a   Cognié, Yves ^b   Chemineau, Philippe ^b  

^a Unite de Recherches Zootechniques Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; Hair sheep; Humid tropics; Lacaune viande; Litter size; Ovulation rate; Prenatal losses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; CYNODON; DIGITARIA; FEMALE; FRANCE; GRAZING; HAIR ANALYSIS; LITTER SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PARASITISM; PRENATAL DISORDER; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; HYBRID VIGOR; LITTER SIZE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CYNODON; CYNODON NLEMFUENSIS; CYNODON PLECTOSTACHYUS; DIGITARIA ERIANTHA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 5644262664     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2004038     Document Type: Article

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