Abstract:Social hierarchies among animal species are based on the animal ́s dominance-aggressiveness level aligned with the subordination oftheir mates. Social order is mostly defined by animal size, live weight, or age. This study aimed to evaluate the association betweenodor score (OS), horn presence (HP), horn size (HS), and body temperature on social rank hierarchy, scrotal circumference (SC), semenquality (SQ), and sexual drive (SD). Adult Dorper rams (n=24) with similar live weight (LW), body condition score (BCS… Show more
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