Sociosexual stimuli have a profound effect on the physiology of all species. Sheep and
goats provide an ideal model to study the impact of sociosexual stimuli on the hypothalamic …

Reproduction in mammals is controlled by the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis
under the influence of external and internal factors such as photoperiod, stress, nutrition …

Pheromone signals regulate conspecific behavior and physiology [1]. Releaser pheromones
induce specific behavior by exerting acute effects on the neuronal response, whereas primer …

In mammals, primer pheromones are considered as the most important signals involved in
socio-sexual stimulation of the reproductive processes. In the domestic sheep, male-female …

Male-induced ovulation in sheep and goats (the 'male effect'), documented during the period
1940–1960, has long been shrouded in preconceptions concerning how, when and why it …

Similarities as well as differences across species in the control of sexual behavior are
helping to fully understand the subtle relations between physiology and eco-ethological …

The question of what causes a male animal to seek out and choose a female as opposed to
another male mating partner is unresolved and remains an issue of considerable debate …

Domesticated ruminants have lived in close association with humans for thousands of years
and knowledge of the behavior of these organisms has contributed to their successful …

Female sexual behavior is the result of a complex interaction between hormones, receptors,
and cellular mechanisms that interact in different brain circuits to induce behavior. The …

In small ruminants, such as goats and sheep, a primer pheromone produced by males
induces an out‐of‐seasonal ovulation in anoestrous females, a phenomenon known as the …