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Pheromones

Male scent stimulates female goats’ fertility

Brian Owens · February 27, 2014 ·

Single pheromone found to induce ovulation. The distinctive aroma of goats does more than just make barnyards extra fragrant. Male goats can use their heady scent to make female goats ovulate simply by being near them. Researchers had ascribed this ‘male effect’ to chemicals known as primer pheromones — a chemical signal that can cause […]

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