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Symposium on Recent Advances in Studies of Reproductive Behavior: Introductory Remarks¹

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, NE 68933

Abstract

This Special Topics section of the Journal of Animal Science contains three papers that were invited presentations at the Reproductive Physiology Symposium titled "Recent Advances in Studies of Reproductive Behavior" held in conjunction with the 21st Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Section of the American Society of Animal Science (March 21–23, 1988), Des Moines, Iowa.

Mammalian reproductive behavior is intricately involved in the overall success or failure of reproductive processes, but reliable information on important aspects of reproductive behavior in domestic animals is limited. Greater than 95% of the offspring produced by domestic animals in the U.S., with the exception of dairy cattle and turkeys, result from natural mating, so knowledge of the factors affecting the development and manifestation of adequate reproductive behavior is essential for improving our understanding of reproduction in domestic species. The lack of information on reproductive behavior in domestic animals is due in part to the complexity of factors influencing reproductive behavior and in part to the fact that reproductive behavior is often ignored or of only secondary interest to animal scientists.

¹ Supported with funds provided by the Am. Soc. of Anim. Sci. and by Midwestern Sect. of the Am. Soc. of Anim. Sci.

² Chairman, 1988 Midwest Am. Soc. of Anim. Sci. Physiology Symposium.