RECOGNITION OF CHEMICAL SIGNALS AND ITS ROLE IN REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF SHEEP
绵羊对化学信息的识别及其在繁殖行为中的作用

Despite all of the selection pressures, domestic animals can retain their ability to produce and perceive odours.These experiments were designed to examine the ability of sheep to produce and perceive odours and their role in reproduction of sheep. Urine from both sexes of two different strains of sheep and vaginal excretions from their females were taken as pheromone sources. Male and female sheep were assayed for their behavioural responses and spending time at the odour stimuli.It has been shown that the...