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Teasing to induce ovarian activity in anoestrous mule ewes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

M F Ibraheem ,
J S M Hutchinson ,
M E King ,
L M Mitchell  and
M Donald
M F Ibraheem
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 501 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
J S M Hutchinson
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 501 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
M E King
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 501 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
L M Mitchell
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 501 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
M Donald
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 501 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
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Efficient management techniques in sheep production must take particular account of the pattern of reproductive behaviour and its application in the manipulation of reproductive processes. Conventionally in the UK, the advancement of the breeding season has been achieved by the use of progesterone-impregnated sponges and pregnant mare's serum gonadotrophin (PMSG). The ‘ram effect’ has been shown to be a powerful and cheap way of controlling the time of mating of sheep. The objective of the present study was to investigate the value of using different methods of teasing for the stimulation of ovarian activity in an early lambing flock.

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Sheep Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1990 , March 1990 , pp. 166
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1990

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