Abstract
Camelids Orgling Sounds Help Female Alpacas to Ovulate
Highlights
Camelids, which include 2 domestic and 2 wild breeds of South American Camelids (SAC) and 2 from the Old World (1 and 2-humped) camels are classified as seasonal breeders and induced ovulators
The cited authors state that the alpacas were not deprived of the senses of vision and hearing, so they did not have an explanation for these ovulations that we will call “spontaneous ovulations.”
Out of 9 female alpacas in Treatment group I sat in a recumbent position for about 3-5 minutes to hear the phono audio (90%) and only one of this group showed a collapsed bleeding follicle (Corpus hemorragicum) in one of the ovaries (10%), indicating a previous ovulation of unknow stimuli before or during transportation to the experimental station
Summary
Camelids, which include 2 domestic (alpaca, llama) and 2 wild breeds of South American Camelids (SAC) and 2 from the Old World (1 and 2-humped) camels are classified as seasonal breeders and induced ovulators. They all have same number (74) of chromosomes. Fernández Baca et al [2] published a study on ovulation induction in alpacas, in which receptive female alpacas (n=20) were identified by a teaser or vasectomized male. Our hypothesis was that spontaneous ovulations in SAC are produced by pheromones present in the urine and feces of the dunghill, and by the sounds (orgling) of the males during copulation or both
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