using melatoninin ewes of iran black breed, this study aimed to compare the reproduction and production performances in lambing program of two and three times per years for duration of two years. a hundred ewes allocated to two parallel groups: group a (ewes in three lambing managing system using melatonin) and group b (ewes in two lambing managing system without using melatonin). to induce the...

Female sifaka mate selectively with one or more resident and/or non-resident males during the breeding season. Various adaptive explanations have been advanced to explain why female primates mate with multiple males including that 1) females seek to confuse paternity and thereby forestall male infanticide and/or ensure male infant care or 2) females seek to ensure fertilization. Assessing the p...

Abstract This research aims to determine Bali cows’ reproductive management and performances, kept by smallholder farmers with intensive semi-intensive production systems in South Konawe Regency. A total of 55 110 cows was interviewed observed. The data captured consists farmers’ characteristics, management, performances. An independent sample t-test analyzed the data. could detect estrus well ...

Six experiments were conducted to determine the ability of exogenous estradiol-17/3 to increase numbers of sperm in the oviducts, uteri and cervices of inseminated estrous ewes. In a 2 x 3 factorial experiment, ewes were mated during either early or late estrus; ewes in each group were either not treated or were treated with estradiol by subcutaneous injection once, at 6 hr after mating (30 /ag...

To determine the effects of Megalac addition on Iranian ewes' reproductive parameters, a complete randomized design was used. Multiparous Kalkohi ewes (n = 32; 3 years old) were randomly assigned to 2 groups which consumed isoenergetic and isonitrogenous control (C) or Megalac (M; 5% Megalac in diet DM) diet. All ewes were synchronized by prostaglandin injection. Blood samples were collected fr...

Prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) are monogamous New World rodents which show geographic variation in social behavior. In this study, parameters of female reproduction which might be related to mating system were compared in prairie voles from eastern Kansas (KAN) versus central Illinois (ILL). KAN females showed a more rapid onset of natural estrus following exposure to a male and were more...