Melatonin in male deer: effects on seasonal cycles
1990
Fennessey, P.F. | Suttie, J.M. | Fisher, M.W | Jopson, N.B. | Webster, J.R. (Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel (New Zealand))
Advancing the breeding season in farmed red and fallow deer offers many potential advantages for the deer manager. This has especially been the case in New Zealand where dry summers can result in limited supplies of pasture with dramatic effects on the growth of sucking calves. Treatment with melatonin offers one possible approach to advancing the breeding season and this paper is concerned principally with the effects of melatonin on the seasonal cycles in male red deer but the available information suggests that the general conclusions probably also apply to fallow deer
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