Reproductive cycle of goats

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 211-219

  Fatet, Alice ^a   Pellicer Rubio, Maria Teresa ^a   Leboeuf, Bernard ^b  

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

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Goat; Oestrus; Seasonality; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GOAT; MALE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GOATS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHOTOPERIOD; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 79955619463     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.08.029     Document Type: Article

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