“…Animals at 2.5–3.5 years of age reached significanlty higher LR in comparison to their younger or older contenpries. These results are in full accordance with previously published those by Anel et al (2005) or Zegeye et al (2020) . Evans and Maxwell (1987) stated that accurate knowledge of the time of ovulation is crucial to the success of insemination and that in the field conditions accurate detection of heat onset in ewes with natural heat is problematic.…”