Faecal chemical cues in water buffalo that facilitate estrus detection

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 163-167

  Karthikeyan, Kandasamy ^a   Muniasamy, Samuthirapandi ^a   SankarGanesh, Devaraj ^a   Achiraman, Shanmugam ^a   Ramesh Saravanakumar, Veluchamy ^b   Archunan, Govindaraju ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

4 Methyl phenol; Bioassay; Buffalo; Estrus specific cues; Faeces; GC MS; Trans verbenol

Indexed keywords

4-CRESOL; CRESOL; PARA CRESOL; TERPENE; VERBENOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BUFFALO; CHEMISTRY; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUFFALOES; CRESOLS; CUES; ESTROUS CYCLE; ESTRUS DETECTION; FECES; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MONOTERPENES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84876861377     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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