Sexual behaviour of yearling Awassi, Charollais x Awassi and Romanov x Awassi rams exposed to oestrous Awassi ewes.
This study was conducted to evaluate the sexual performance of 10-month-old, ram lambs of different breed groups. Eight ram lambs each of Awassi (A), F1 CharollaisxAwassi (CA) and F1 RomanovxAwassi (RA) breed types were subjected to sexual performance tests by being individually exposed to two oestrous Awassi ewe lambs for four 20-min periods. Bouts of leg kicking and anogenital sniffing were similar among breed groups. Mounting frequency was greater (p<0.05) in RA than in A and CA ram lambs. Tail-raising was greater (p<0.05) and mating rate tended to be greater (p<0.10) in A than in RA and CA ram lambs. The number of mounts per tail-raising (efficiency) was influenced by breed group and test day (p<0.05). Awassi ram lambs maintained the best efficiency throughout the experiment. Efficiency in RA and CA ram lambs improved with each test day. Results of the present study indicate that RA ram lambs have greater mounting frequency than A and CA, while Awassi are more capable of mating with fat-tailed females than the CA and RA ram lambs.
Kridli
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Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Jordan University of Science and Technology, POB 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan. rkridli@just.edu.jo
Momany Shaker
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Abdullah
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Muwalla
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D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D001947:Breeding; D004971:Estrus / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000502:physiology; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D012756:Sheep / Q000502:physiology*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood
D013739:Testosterone
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