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Maternal reactivity of ewes at lambing is genetically linked to their behavioral reactivity in an arena test
2020-12-19
Abstract excerpt
In sheep, the bond between the dam and her lambs is established during the first hours of a lamb s life. Genetic variability for behavioral reactivity of ewes assessed in an arena test performed 24 h after lambing has already been reported. However, there is no evidence that this reactivity represents the ewe s maternal reactivity at lambing in outdoor conditions. The objective of this study was to investigate whe...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 402a1732-9d50-5348-82d9-cee6c8be2cd6
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.12.18.423380