Seasonal and circadian variation of the sexual behavior of Morada Nova rams in tropical environment
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Resumo: | 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 anogenital sniffing, and flehmen reaction), preparatory (exposure of tongue and penis, leg-kicking, and low-pitched bleats), and copulatory (number of mounts, number of ejaculations, and refractory period) phases. The rams were more active during daytime. The animals in the rainy season showed more efficient sexual behaviors by the lower frequency of mounts per ejaculation and greater number of ejaculations in a shorter time. In contrast, courting behaviors such as exposure of tongue, number of mounts, low-pitched bleats, and leg-kicking were more frequent in the dry season. In the semi-arid region with latitudes close to 7°N, Morada Nova rams have a higher intensity of precopulatory behaviors and lower frequency of ejaculations in the dry season. |
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Seasonal and circadian variation of the sexual behavior of Morada Nova rams in tropical environmentdry seasonfood resourceslibidophotoperiodThe 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 anogenital sniffing, and flehmen reaction), preparatory (exposure of tongue and penis, leg-kicking, and low-pitched bleats), and copulatory (number of mounts, number of ejaculations, and refractory period) phases. The rams were more active during daytime. The animals in the rainy season showed more efficient sexual behaviors by the lower frequency of mounts per ejaculation and greater number of ejaculations in a shorter time. In contrast, courting behaviors such as exposure of tongue, number of mounts, low-pitched bleats, and leg-kicking were more frequent in the dry season. In the semi-arid region with latitudes close to 7°N, Morada Nova rams have a higher intensity of precopulatory behaviors and lower frequency of ejaculations in the dry season.Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia2015-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982015000100008Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia v.44 n.1 2015reponame:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (Online)instname:Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia (SBZ)instacron:SBZ10.1590/S1806-92902015000100002info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSantos,Severino Guilherme Caetano Gonçalves dosSaraiva,Edilson PaesPimenta Filho,Edgard CavalcantiSantos,Luana de Fátima Damasceno dosFonsêca,Vinícius de França CarvalhoVeríssimo,Tarsys Noan SilvaAlmeida,Maria Elivania VieiraPinheiro,Antônio da Costaeng2015-09-15T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1516-35982015000100008Revistahttps://www.rbz.org.br/pt-br/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||bz@sbz.org.br|| secretariarbz@sbz.org.br1806-92901516-3598opendoar:2015-09-15T00:00Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (Online) - Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia (SBZ)false |
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Seasonal and circadian variation of the sexual behavior of Morada Nova rams in tropical environment |
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Seasonal and circadian variation of the sexual behavior of Morada Nova rams in tropical environment |
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Seasonal and circadian variation of the sexual behavior of Morada Nova rams in tropical environment Santos,Severino Guilherme Caetano Gonçalves dos dry season food resources libido photoperiod |
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Seasonal and circadian variation of the sexual behavior of Morada Nova rams in tropical environment |
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Seasonal and circadian variation of the sexual behavior of Morada Nova rams in tropical environment |
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Seasonal and circadian variation of the sexual behavior of Morada Nova rams in tropical environment |
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Seasonal and circadian variation of the sexual behavior of Morada Nova rams in tropical environment |
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Seasonal and circadian variation of the sexual behavior of Morada Nova rams in tropical environment |
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Santos,Severino Guilherme Caetano Gonçalves dos |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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dry season food resources libido photoperiod |
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dry season food resources libido photoperiod |
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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 anogenital sniffing, and flehmen reaction), preparatory (exposure of tongue and penis, leg-kicking, and low-pitched bleats), and copulatory (number of mounts, number of ejaculations, and refractory period) phases. The rams were more active during daytime. The animals in the rainy season showed more efficient sexual behaviors by the lower frequency of mounts per ejaculation and greater number of ejaculations in a shorter time. In contrast, courting behaviors such as exposure of tongue, number of mounts, low-pitched bleats, and leg-kicking were more frequent in the dry season. In the semi-arid region with latitudes close to 7°N, Morada Nova rams have a higher intensity of precopulatory behaviors and lower frequency of ejaculations in the dry season. |
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