Fig 1.
Experiment design-scheme of blood (exp. 1, 2, 3) and semen collection (exp. 2, 3), with (exp. 2) or without (exp. 3) presence of the female in estrus.
*in all experiments blood was collected in the same time intervals.
Table 1.
Basic descriptive statistics.
Fig 2.
Cortisol level in three groups in three time points.
A and B shows the statistical significant difference between the control and groups where semen was collected with and without presence of female in estrus.
Fig 3.
Oxytocin level in three groups in three time points.
Fig 4.
Prolactin level in three groups in three time points.
Fig 5.
Testosterone level in three groups in three time points.