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Hormonal Influences on Aggressive Behavior in Ungulates

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Castration of domestic animals with the aim of controlling sexual and aggressive behavior dates from the earliest times of the human race. Thus, before systematic research, man had intuitively established the relationship between these behaviors and the presence of sexual organs.

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