To Hillary G.
 
Regarding your question on out-of-season hobs:
>...though, if a hob would want to breed an in heat female in the "off
>season" - is the presence of a jill in heat enough to stimulate him, or
>is he only interested when the time is right? Dr. Williams????
 
    This is a question that is best directed to Pam Grant or one of the
other breeders on the FML.  They have a lot more firsthand knowledge than I
do on this subject - I don't think it quite qualifies as disease....
(remember, I am, by trade, a pathologist, so I deal more in disease than
theriogenology).
 
   Gee, I'm full of "no answers" today.
 
Bruce H. Williams, DVM         Dept. of Veterinary Pathology
Chief Pathologist, AccuPath    Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
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[Posted in FML issue 1238]