Social dominance and courtship and mating behaviour in rams in non-competitive and competitive pen tests

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-47

  Ungerfeld, R ^a   Gonzalez Pensado S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCROTUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; SCROTUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTIS;

EID: 58249100048     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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