Maternal behaviour and peripartum levels of oestradiol and progesterone show little difference in Merino ewes selected for calm or nervous temperament under indoor housing conditions

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 608-614

  Bickell, S ^a   Poindron, P ^b,c,d   Nowak, R ^b,c,d   Ferguson, D ^e   Blackberry, M ^a   Blache, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d Haras Nationaux   (France)

^e Haras Nationaux ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

ewe; hormones; maternal behaviour; temperament

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79952994383     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173111000217X     Document Type: Article

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