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Agriculture · Q462

Animal Husbandry

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 462

Q462

Sheep is

A.
Polyestrus
Answer
B.
Monoestrus
C.
Biestrus
D.
None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Sheep is Polyestrous.
Sheep are seasonally polyoestrus animals. Ewes enter into oestrus cycles about every 17 days, which last for approximately 30 hours.
In addition to emitting a scent, they indicate readiness through physical displays toward rams. The phenomenon of the freemartin, a female bovine that is behaviorally masculine and lacks functioning ovaries, is commonly associated with cattle but does occur to some extent in sheep.