Growing without a mother results in poorer sexual behaviour in adult rams

The aim of this study was to determine if the absence of the mother during rearing has long-term effects on sexual behaviour and physiological reproductive parameters of adult rams. Two groups of rams were: (1) artificially reared, separated from their dams 24 to 36 h after birth (Week 0) and fed us...

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Main Authors: J.P. Damián, F. Beracochea, S. Machado, M.J. Hötzel, G. Banchero, R. Ungerfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731117001574