Notes: Verification of farmers' perception of the occurrence of estrus (heat) in carabaos during the full phase of the moon
1993
Taveros, A.A. | Taveros, A.M. | Posas, O.B. (Visayas State Coll. of Agriculture, Baybay, Leyte (Philippines). Dept. of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine)
Bimonthly visits were made to different barangays [villages] of Baybay, Albuera and Inopacan, Leyte [Philippines]. Caracows which were naturally in heat were inseminated while the others were artificially induced using prostaglandin F2-alpha and subsequently inseminated. It was observed that during the full phase of the moon, 85.90 percent of the caracows were naturally in heat while all (100 percent) of the artificially induced animals came into heat after injection with the hormone
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