“…Aggressive behaviours in ungulates generally coincide with changes in sexual libido and mating behaviour in ungulates (Fraser, 1968 (Lincoln, 1971), fallow deer (Chaplin and White, 1972), black-tailed deer (West and Nordan, 1976), white-tailed deer (Wislocki, 1943), reindeer (Meschaks and Nordkvist, 1962) and chital (Loudon and Curlewis, 1988 Lincoln, 1981). Although the aetiology of sperm defects is unknown, degenerative processes presumably occur as an indirect consequence of the seasonal decline in gonadotrophin and testosterone secretion (Lincoln, 1981).…”