HORN GROWTH OF A CASTRATED BIGHORN SHEEP, OVIS-CANADENSIS

Authors
HENDERSON RE FIREBAUGH JE
Citation
Re. Henderson et Je. Firebaugh, HORN GROWTH OF A CASTRATED BIGHORN SHEEP, OVIS-CANADENSIS, Canadian field-naturalist, 111(3), 1997, pp. 475-477
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology
Journal title
Canadian field-naturalist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00083550
Volume
111
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
475 - 477
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(1997)111:3<475:HGOACB>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
In 1987 a 21 month-old Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis c anadensis) was captured, castrated, and released into a free-ranging p opulation. In September 1995, the ram was recovered and examined. When compared to normal mature rams from the same population, measurements indicated that following castration both basal and linear horn growth were greatly diminished.