Introduction

INTRODUCTION

  • The reproductive behaviour in animals is innate in nature. It is an obligatory component of reproductive process.

The purpose of reproductive behaviour is to promote the opportunity of copulation and thereby pregnancy will occur and the birth of young one.

  • As the bulls mature the manifestation of sexual behaviour become evident.
  • The pituitary gland secretes the gonadotrophic hormones follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) – maintains seminiferous tubules and initiates spermatogenesis and luteinizing hormone (LH) - produces androgenic hormone – testosterone which is responsible for sexual behaviour and secondary sexual characters.
  • The male animal exhibits the sexual activity occurs at any time whereas in females it is restricted only during the time of estrum .
  • This behaviour involves series of endocrine and neural events. When the males attain puberty their behaviour becomes more insistent towards opposite sex.
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