(Reprinted from Pygmy Goat WORLD magazine with permission) Sterility in the buck is usually the exception rather than the norm and is usually temporary. Male fertility is affected by such things as age, maturity, nutritional status, general health, endocrine balance and normality of sex organs. Sperm quality , nutrition, body weight, maturity, stress, disease, mating frequency, seasonal and climatic changes, and management also play roles in male fertility.
The temperature at the surface of the Sun is about 10,000 Fahrenheit (5,600 Celsius). The temperature rises from the surface of the Sun inward towards the very hot center of the Sun where it reaches about 27,000,000 Fahrenheit (15,000,000 Celsius).
Our Sun is a type G star, which are yellow stars with surface temperatures of about 6000 Â°C, or 11,000 Â°F. Type A stars, which are hotter, are white in color and maintain temperatures of around 10,000 Â°C or 18,000 Â°F. The hottest of the types, B and O, are blue stars while the coolest of type M are red in color and have surface temperatures of about 3,000 Â°C or 5,400 Â°F. Note that we have referred to the surface temperatures of stars thus far. Each star, however, ranges in interior ...