Fatma Işbilir, Cansel Güzin Özgüden Akkoç, Günsel Kirman, Özgür Özöner, Merve Pekince Özöner, Ihsan Işbilir, Erman Gülendağ, Ali Gülaydin, İlker Arican
BACKGROUND: The odours of different body parts and structures, such as external genitalia, female urine, ventral tail radix, infraorbital sinus and interdigital sinus, have a strong attractiveness for rams. The sinus interdigitalis is considered an important trail gland for sexual behaviour, as its odour is included in the list of strongly attractive structures for male animals during the breeding season, being important in pheromone production. OBJECTIVES: In the present study, the effects of sex and breeding season on the morphological and histological structure of the interdigital gland were investigated in Hamdani crossbred sheep (Ovis aries)...
May 2024: Veterinary Medicine and Science