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| Santos,Severino Guilherme Caetano Gonçalves dos; Saraiva,Edilson Paes; Pimenta Filho,Edgard Cavalcanti; Santos,Luana de Fátima Damasceno dos; Fonsêca,Vinícius de França Carvalho; Veríssimo,Tarsys Noan Silva; Almeida,Maria Elivania Vieira; Pinheiro,Antônio da Costa. |
| The objective of this study was to evaluate the seasonal and daily variation in sexual behavior of Morada Nova breeders raised in the Brazilian semi-arid region. The data were collected from four rams and 114 ewes of the Morada Nova breed - 55 females in the dry season and another 59 in the rainy season. Observations were performed in the dry and rainy seasons, divided into four times of the day: morning (05:01 h to 11.00 h), afternoon (11.01 h to 17.00 h), evening (17.01 h to 23:00 h), and dawn (23:01 h to 05.00 h). Sexual behavior was assessed for a period of 24 h/day, in a breeding season. One ram was used each three days. The behavioral patterns of the rams in view of females were observed during the recognition (sniffing the female urine, bouts of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Dry season; Food resources; Libido; Photoperiod. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982015000100008 |
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