Undernutrition reduces the body weight and testicular size of bucks exposed to long days but not their ability to stimulate reproduction of seasonally anestrous goats

In semiarid conditions, feed is often scarce and variable with underfeeding being common; these factors can potentially induce fertility reductions in both sexes. Sexually active bucks are able to very efficiently fertilize out-of-season goats, but we do not know whether underfeeding would reduce th...

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Main Authors: J.A. Delgadillo, A. Lemière, J.A. Flores, M. Bedos, H. Hernández, J. Vielma, M. Guerrero-Cervantes, L.A. Zarazaga, M. Keller, P. Chemineau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731120001329

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