Maintenance of permanent sexual activity throughout the year in seasonal bucks using short photoperiodic cycles in open barns

Seasonality of reproductive activity in rams and bucks is the major constraint in temperate and subtropical zones. Rapid alternation between 1 month of short days and 1 month of long days (LD) over three years in lightproof buildings eliminates this seasonality. We examined if this would also work i...

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Main Authors: J.A. Delgadillo, L.A. Espinoza-Flores, D. López-Magaña, H. Hernández, M. Keller, D. Chesneau, A.L. Lainé, P. Chemineau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731123003580