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A note on sexual development of Icelandic rams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

Ó. R. Dýrmundsson
Ó. R. Dýrmundsson
Affiliation:
The Agricultural College, Hvanneyri, Iceland
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Abstract

The results of studies into penial, scrotal and testicular development of Icelandic male lambs indicate relatively early attainment of physiological puberty. This stage of sexual maturity is generally reached by 4 months of age, with marked variation in both puberal age and body weight. Testicular and epididymal weights were more closely associated with body and carcass weights than with age of the lamb. It is a common practice to use Icelandic male lambs for breeding at 7 months of age.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , June 1978 , pp. 335 - 338
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1978

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