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1Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, University of California, 95616, Davis, California.
Journal of Chemical Ecology
|January 11, 2014
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Behavioral studies using anestrous female beagles, and olfactory tests with dogs in the absence of females, indicate that methylp-hydroxybenzoate cannot be considered a key sexual attractant for male beagles, even though this compound has been found in estrous vaginal secretions.
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