Seasonal Variations in the Morphometric Characteristics of the Pubertal West African Dwarf Buck in its Native Tropical Environment

The effects of season on the morphometric characteristics of the reproductive organs of the pubertal West African Dwarf buck in its native humid tropical environment were investigated. All morphometric characteristics as well as the derivations from both testicular and epididymal morphometry were un...

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Autores principales: Bitto,Immanuel I, Egbunike,Gabriel N
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2006
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spelling oai:scielo:S0717-950220060005000202007-05-09Seasonal Variations in the Morphometric Characteristics of the Pubertal West African Dwarf Buck in its Native Tropical EnvironmentBitto,Immanuel IEgbunike,Gabriel N Season Pubertal buck Testicular morphometry Humid tropics The effects of season on the morphometric characteristics of the reproductive organs of the pubertal West African Dwarf buck in its native humid tropical environment were investigated. All morphometric characteristics as well as the derivations from both testicular and epididymal morphometry were unaffected by season (p<0.05). There were however, highly significant correlations (p<0.05, p<0.01, p<0.001) between body weight and testicular as well as epididymal morphometry. The results also showed that both testicular and epididymal morphometric characteristics in the pubertal buck are highly predictable from body weight and as such lend ground for the early selection of good sires from records of their growth rate. The non effect of season on both testicular and epididymal morphometry in this work generally demonstrates that there might be no restricted breeding season for the West African dwarf buck in its native humid tropical environmentinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.24 n.4 20062006-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022006000500020en10.4067/S0717-95022006000500020
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Season
Pubertal buck
Testicular morphometry
Humid tropics
spellingShingle Season
Pubertal buck
Testicular morphometry
Humid tropics
Bitto,Immanuel I
Egbunike,Gabriel N
Seasonal Variations in the Morphometric Characteristics of the Pubertal West African Dwarf Buck in its Native Tropical Environment
description The effects of season on the morphometric characteristics of the reproductive organs of the pubertal West African Dwarf buck in its native humid tropical environment were investigated. All morphometric characteristics as well as the derivations from both testicular and epididymal morphometry were unaffected by season (p<0.05). There were however, highly significant correlations (p<0.05, p<0.01, p<0.001) between body weight and testicular as well as epididymal morphometry. The results also showed that both testicular and epididymal morphometric characteristics in the pubertal buck are highly predictable from body weight and as such lend ground for the early selection of good sires from records of their growth rate. The non effect of season on both testicular and epididymal morphometry in this work generally demonstrates that there might be no restricted breeding season for the West African dwarf buck in its native humid tropical environment
author Bitto,Immanuel I
Egbunike,Gabriel N
author_facet Bitto,Immanuel I
Egbunike,Gabriel N
author_sort Bitto,Immanuel I
title Seasonal Variations in the Morphometric Characteristics of the Pubertal West African Dwarf Buck in its Native Tropical Environment
title_short Seasonal Variations in the Morphometric Characteristics of the Pubertal West African Dwarf Buck in its Native Tropical Environment
title_full Seasonal Variations in the Morphometric Characteristics of the Pubertal West African Dwarf Buck in its Native Tropical Environment
title_fullStr Seasonal Variations in the Morphometric Characteristics of the Pubertal West African Dwarf Buck in its Native Tropical Environment
title_full_unstemmed Seasonal Variations in the Morphometric Characteristics of the Pubertal West African Dwarf Buck in its Native Tropical Environment
title_sort seasonal variations in the morphometric characteristics of the pubertal west african dwarf buck in its native tropical environment
publisher Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate 2006
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022006000500020
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