Author(s): SOUSA, S. D.; BRITO, I. F.; ÁVILA, A. A.; ANDRIOLI, A.; GADELHA, C. R. F.; MONTENEGRO, A. R.

Summary: Sexual behavior of goats under male effect created in agrosilvopasture system. Abstract:It was performed a breeding season lasting 45 days, in it waswhich assessed the sexual behavior of 16 Anglonubians goats through anethogram divided into behavioral and physical signs. Data were analyzed by chi-square test. The behavioral signs like seeking male, shaking tail, mount or let it ride for others females and the physicists like red and swollen vulva showed a significant relationship (p< 0,05) with the sexual receptivity of the female to the male. The estrus concentration occurred until the fourth week (around thirty days), resulting in 93.75% of pregnancy. While in the fifth week it was not observed signs of estrus. Therefore, the visual identification of the receptive female to the male reduces using of the reproductives in excess. Moreover the period of thirty days for the breeding season was satisfactory for the reproductive success.

Publication year: 2012

Types of publication: Paper in annals and proceedings

Unit: Embrapa Goats & Sheep

Keywords: Caprino, Comportamento sexual, Estação de monta, Estro