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Observations on the onset of the breeding season and on the oestrous cycle of the Welsh Mountain ewe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 March 2009
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1.Within a flock of 55 Welsh Mountain ewes maintained under lowland conditions the first ewecame into oestrus on the 14th October. The mean cycle length of 44 normal cycles was 16 days 3 hr.
2. The onset of oestrus as assessed by the time of mounting of the ram does not appear to beevenly distributed throughout the day (24 hr.).
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