Goat Mating Behaviour

Goat Mating Behaviour including Sexual Behavior in male and female Goats involving pre-copulatory, copulatory and post-copulatory behavior. Demonstration of Flehmen response.

Sexual behavior in ungulate may broadly classified under 3 categories. Pre-copulatory behavior, copulatory behavior and post- copulatory behavior.
1. Pre-copulatory behavior
In goat the pre-copulatory behavior may be chemical communication or tactile communication or auditory communication.
Estrus, or heat, is the period in which the doe will stand and allow the buck to breed her. This phase of the reproductive cycle may last between 12 to 36 hours. The period from one heat cycle to the next is referred to as the estrous cycle. In goats, the estrous cycle occurs every 18 to 24 days, or 21 days on average. When buck approaches, doe in heat will indicate her interest in breeding by wagging her tail rapidly for the buck as tactile communication; this is called flagging. Vulval oedema and mucus discharge are also n