Unlocking Off-Season Fertility: The Amazing Power of Goat Sociosexual Connections

20/06/2025 34 min

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Explore groundbreaking research revealing how sexually active male goats can simultaneously boost reproduction in both female and other male goats, leading to high fertility and synchronized kidding, even during the non-breeding season.Visit Companion Blog for this Episode: https://goathousefarm.com/goat-fertility-sociosexual-interactions/Reference Article:López-Magaña, Natalia, Luz María Tejada, Dolores López-Magaña, Jair Millán-Orozco, Horacio Hernández, Jersson Millán-Orozco, Marie Bedos, et al. “Male Goats Exposed to the ‘Male-to-Male Effect’ Stimulate the Reproductive Activity and Ensure High Fertility of Both Does and Male Goats during the Non-Breeding Season.” Theriogenology 243 (2025): 117476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2025.117476.A NotebookLM Deep Dive human written to make goat science make sense.

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