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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Individualita námluv u semi-ferálních koní (Equus caballus) / Individuality of a courtship in semi-feral horses (Equus caballus)

Boušková, Adéla January 2019 (has links)
In most of the mammalian species the courtship is a very important event preceding the reproduction itself. In some species specific courtship strategies are well described, however, in horses they are not, although courtship may have a major impact on the reproductive success of the individual. In horses (Equus caballus), polygynous mammals with harem type of social organization, courtship naturally involved wide spectrum of behaviour, by contrast, under domestic conditions they almost do not occur. This diploma thesis addresses the courtship and reproduction in semi-feral and domestic horses, specifically Exmoor pony and Merens horse breed, and individual reactions of mares to the stallion in the breeding season. A total of 45 individuals were observed for 240 hours from February to June 2018. We assumed the similarity of courtship within particular couples, but the result of the statistical analysis was the opposite, a high variability in the behavioural pattern repeatability (ICC 0,235-0,832), which, however, did not correlate with individual mare characteristics, i.e. age (ρ=-0,194, p=0,472), parity (t=0,569, p=0,578) or postpartum estrus (t=-0,070, p=0,945). We also assumed that the mare, which would show aggressive behaviour to the stallion during the courtship, would end the courtship by leaving or...
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Perfil de testosterona e parâmetros seminais de garanhões da raça Mangalarga Marchador dentro e fora da estação reprodutiva / Testosterone profile and seminal parameters in Mangalarga Marchador stallions outside and inside the breeding season

Neves, Maria Gazzinelli 25 July 2014 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-26T13:55:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 584112 bytes, checksum: a7c18b045b74693958d5dfb7232f1660 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-07-25 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The aim of this study was to evaluate the reproductive parameters and the profile of testosterone release and their average concentrations in Mangalarga Marchador stallions. It was evaluated in two periods, during breed season and outside the breed season, in Viçosa, Muriaé and Teófilo Otoni-MG. The research was divided in two phases (First: July and August, 2013 and the second: January and February, 2014), using eleven stallions at the first one and eight at the second one, age between 5 and 25 years old. To determine the serum testosterone, they were blood sampled about 20 days after the beginning of winter(1st phase) and 20 days after the beginning of summer(2nd phase). The samples were collected for 12 hours/day, from 7am to 7pm, each 30 minutes. The testicular biometry was measured at the same Day of the blood sample. To determine the seminal parameters, sêmen was collected from the stallions the two days following the blood samples. At this time, during the semen collects, the reproductive behaviour was evaluated. Regarding the measurements of the testis, the quantitative variables, height, width, lengh and volume of right and left testis did not differ significantly between seasons(P>0.05). The same was observed about seminal and behavioral parameters, volume, appearance, motility, vigor, concentration, membrane integrity, reaction time, latency time, copulation time and number of mounts, in which the results do not indicate differences between seasons(P>0.05). Dispite the fact that the profile of testosterone release are differents during the seasons, there was no difference in means of concentrations (P>0,05). This differences were bigger during the morning, when the concentrations in this time were higher during breeding season. However, there was difference between animal interaction and season,which suggests that in some animals the mean androgen concentrations displayed a seasonal pattern, while in other animals, this behavior was not observed. It was concluded that seasonality has no effect on the reproductive characteristics as testis size, sexual behavior and semen parameters, beyond the average testosterone secretion, so that the influence on the latter not presented correlations with other important traits studied. / O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar os parâmetros reprodutivos e o perfil de testosterona de garanhões da raça Mangalarga Marchador, em dois períodos, dentro da estação de monta e fora da estação reprodutiva, criados nos município de Viçosa, Muriaé e Teófilo Otoni MG e mantidos em regime semi-estabulado. O estudo foi divido em duas etapas (1a etapa: julho e agosto de 2013 e 2a etapa: janeiro e fevereiro de 2014) utilizando onze garanhões na primeira etapa e oito na segunda, com idades entre 5 e 25 anos que foram submetidos a colheitas de sangue para determinação da concentração de testosterona sérica, 20 dias após o início do inverno (1aetapa) e 20 dias após o início do verão (2a etapa). As colheitas foram realizadas durante 12 horas, intervaladas por 30 minutos. Foi mensurada, no mesmo dia da colheita de sangue, a biometria testicular de cada animal. Para a determinação dos parâmetros seminais, fez-se nos dois dias consecutivos da colheita de sangue, as colheitas de sêmen, totalizando dois ejaculados de cada garanhão por estação, momento em que também foi avaliado o comportamento pré-cópula de cada animal. Em relação à biometria testicular, percebeu-se que as variáveis quantitativas avaliadas, altura, largura, comprimento e volume dos testículos direito e esquerdo não tiveram diferenças entre as estações (P>0,05). Do mesmo modo, os parâmetros seminais e comportamentais, volume, aspecto seminal, motilidade, vigor e concentração eseprmática, integridade de membrana dos espermatozóides, tempo de reação, tempo de latência, tempo de monta e número de montas não apresentaram diferenças entre as estações do ano (P>0,05). Apesar de que a distribuição dos valores absolutos de testosterona serem diferentes dentro e fora da estação, não se observou diferença nas médias das concentrações (P>0,05). Essas diferenças foram maiores nas amostras feitas pela manhã, em que as concentrações no período durante a estação de monta foram maiores do que fora da estação reprodutiva (P>0,05). No entanto, ocorreu interação de animal e estação, o que permitiu concluir que em alguns animais as concentrações médias do andrógeno apresentaram comportamento sazonal, enquanto em outros animais, esse comportamento não foi observado. Portanto, sazonalidade não exerce efeito sobre as características reprodutivas como biometria testicular, comportamento sexual e parâmetros seminais, além da secreção de testosterona, sendo que a influência sobre esta última não apresenta correlações importantes com as demais características estudadas.

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