Maternal behaviour in the ewe : consistency in the expression of maternal behaviour during lactation and the effect of variation in dam and sire breed on the development of offspring
Consistency in the expression of maternal care over a single lactation period was investigated using two breeds of ewe, Scottish Blackface and Suffolk. The two breeds showed differnces in their initial maternal behaviour with Blackface ewes showing more affiliative and less negative behaviour toward...
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University of Edinburgh
2004
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.660604 |