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== Search for Sexual Partner ==
 
== Search for Sexual Partner ==
  
{| style="width:75%; height:200px" border="1"
 
 
!'''Species'''
 
!'''Bull'''
 
!'''Stallion'''
 
!'''Ram'''
 
!'''Boar'''
 
!'''Dog'''
 
!'''Tom'''
 
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| '''Searching Behaviour'''
 
| Approach Sexually Active group of Females,Test for Lordosis,Flehmen
 
| Visual Search,Flehmen
 
| Sniffing & Licking of Ano-Genital Region,Nudging Ewe,Flehmen
 
| Moving among Females
 
| Roaming around Territory
 
| Prowling
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
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== Tactile Stimulation ==
 
 
* Tactile stimuli from males is important in provoking sexual postures or standing postures by females.
 
** Stallion: Bites the neck or withers of the mare
 
** Tom: Bites the neck of the Queen
 
** Bull: Chin rests on the back of the cow just prior to mounting
 
 
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== [[Vomeronasal Organ]]==
 
 
* Vomeronasal organ is an '''accessory olfactory''' organ.
 
* Connected to two small openings in the anterior roof of the mouth just behind the upper [[Lips|lip]].
 
* Fluid-borne, less volatile chemicals enter the vomeronasal organ through the [[Alimentary_- Anatomy & Physiology#Oral_Cavity|oral cavity]] by means of nasopalatine (incisive) ducts.
 
 
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== Flehmen Response ==
 
 
[[Image:Flehmen Response.jpg|thumb|right|150px|<p>The Flehmen Response'</p><sup> Courtesy of Anna Schultz.</sup>]]
 
 
[[Image:Flehmen Response Horse.jpg|thumb|right|150px|<p>The Flehmen Response in the Horse</p><sup> Courtesy of Anna Schultz.</sup>]]
 
 
* Some [[Attractivity Behaviour - Anatomy & Physiology#Pheramones|pheromones]] are less volatile and need to be detected by the '''vomeronasal organ'''.
 
** Bull, ram, stallion, some extent the boar.
 
* Male closely approaches the source of [[Attractivity Behaviour - Anatomy & Physiology#Pheramones|pheromones]] and will nuzzle the female genital region.
 
* Flehmen behaviour is characterized by:
 
** Head elevation
 
** Curling of the upper [[Lips|lip]].
 
* Curling of the upper [[Lips|lip]] closes the '''nostrils''' and allows negative pressure to form in the '''nasopalatine duct'''.
 
* Flehmen behaviour allows less volatile pheromones to be examined by sensory neurons in the '''vomeronasal organ'''.
 
 
 
* As in the males, females will display flehmen to novel compounds such as fluids associated with the [[Placenta - Anatomy & Physiology|placenta]], newborn animals and other volatile materials.
 
* Frequently displayed by post-parturient females as they make identity discriminations between their own versus other's neonates.
 
 
 
 
 
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== Courtship ==
 
== Courtship ==
  
{| style="width:75%; height:200px" border="1"
 
 
!'''Species'''
 
!'''Bull'''
 
!'''Stallion'''
 
!'''Ram'''
 
!'''Boar'''
 
!'''Dog'''
 
!'''Tom'''
 
|-
 
| '''Courtship Behaviour'''
 
| Nuzzling & licking of perineal region, chin resting, testing for lordosis
 
| High Degree of Excitement
 
| Neck Outstretched,Head held Horizontally
 
| Nuzzling,Teeth Grinding,Foams at Mouth
 
| Sniffing,Licking of Vulva
 
| Biting Queen on Dorsal Neck
 
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|}
 
 
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== Sexual Arousal ==
 
== Sexual Arousal ==
  
{| style="width:75%; height:200px" border="1"
 
 
!'''Species'''
 
!'''Bull'''
 
!'''Stallion'''
 
!'''Ram'''
 
!'''Boar'''
 
!'''Dog'''
 
!'''Tom'''
 
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| '''Consummation Behaviour'''
 
| Penile Protrusion,Dribbling of Seminal Fluid with few Spermatozoa,Erection,Attempted Mounts
 
| Penile Protrusion,No Preejaculatory Expulsion of Seminal Fluid
 
| Repeated Dorsal Elevation of Scrotum,Penile Protrusion,Dribbling of Seminal Fluid
 
| Penile Protrusion,Shallow Pelvic Thrusts, Attempted Mounting
 
| Erection,Protrusion of Penis,Mounting
 
| Mounting
 
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|}
 
 
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== [[Erection - Anatomy & Physiology|Erection]] ==
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== Erection ==
  
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When sexual receptivity of the female is established and sufficient arousal is accomplished in the male, erection and protrusion of the penis ensue.  Successful penile erection requires a complex series of neural and vasomotor reactions.  Erection of the penis is necessary for copulation and deposition of semen in the female reproductive tract.
  
[[Category:Reproductive Behaviour]]
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== Penile Protrusion ==
[[Category:Bullet Points]]
 

Revision as of 09:03, 10 July 2008

Search for Sexual Partner

Courtship

Sexual Arousal

Erection

When sexual receptivity of the female is established and sufficient arousal is accomplished in the male, erection and protrusion of the penis ensue. Successful penile erection requires a complex series of neural and vasomotor reactions. Erection of the penis is necessary for copulation and deposition of semen in the female reproductive tract.

Penile Protrusion