Ovulatory activity of female goats adapted to the subtropics is responsive to photoperiod

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 65-70

  Duarte, Gerardo ^a   Nava Hernández, Martha Patricia ^a   Malpaux, Benoît ^b   Delgadillo, José Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Caprine; Day length; Ovulation; Reproductive seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GOAT; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GOATS; LIGHT; OVULATION; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 77954861742     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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