RESPONSE TO THE MALE EFECT IN NUBIAN AND ALPINE GOATS MAINTAINED UNDER TROPICAL PHOTOPERIOD

In order to determine the extent of response to the male effect in two breed of goats, previously observed to express a similar pattern of reproductive seasonality under tropical photoperiod (22°N), 17 Nubian and 15 Alpine female goats were exposed to sexual active males at May 15th. A higher propo...

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Main Authors: Jorge Urrutia Morales, José Francisco Cervantes Becerra, Héctor Raymundo Vera Ãvila, Eugenio Villagómez-Amezcua Manjarrez, María Teresa Rivera Lozano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2013-04-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
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Online Access:http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/1509