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Synchronization of estrus and fertility in zebu beef heifers treated with three estrus synchronization protocols

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Corbet, N.J., Miller, R.G., Bindon, B.M., Burrow, H.M., D'Occhio, M. J., Entwistle, K.W., Fitzpatrick, L.A., Wilkins, J.F. and Kinder, J.E. (1999) Synchronization of estrus and fertility in zebu beef heifers treated with three estrus synchronization protocols. Theriogenology, 51 (3). pp. 647-659. ISSN 0093-691X

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Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00003-5

Abstract

The effects on estrus and fertility of 3 estrus synchronization protocols were studied in Brahman beef heifers. In Treatment 1 (PGF protocol; n=234), heifers received 7.5 mg, im prostianol on Day 0 and were inseminated after observed estrus until Day 5. Treatment 2 (10-d NOR protocol; n=220) consisted of norgestomet (NOR; 3 mg, sc implant and 3 mg, im) and estradiol valerate (5 mg, im) treatment on Day -10, NOR implant removal and 400 IU, im PMSG on Day 0, and AI after observed estrus through to Day 5. Treatment 3 (14-d NOR+PGF protocol; n=168) constituted a NOR implant (3mg, sc) on Day -14, NOR implant removal on Day 0, PGF on Day 16, and AI after observed estrus through to Day 21. All heifers were examined for return to estrus at the next cycle and inseminated after observed estrus. The heifers were then exposed to bulls for at least 21 d. During the period of estrus observation (5 d) after treatment, those heifers treated with the PGF protocol had a lower (P<0.01) rate of estrual response (58%) than heifers treated with the 10-d NOR (87%) or 14-d NOR+PGF (88%) protocol. Heifers treated with the 10-d NOR protocol displayed estrus earlier and had a closer synchrony of estrus than heifers treated with either the PGF or the 14-d NOR+PGF protocol. Heifers treated with the 14-d NOR+PGF protocol had higher (P<0.05) conception and calving rates (51 and 46%) to AI at the induced estrus than heifers treated with the PGF (45 and 27%) or the 10-d NOR (38 and 33%) protocol. Calving rate to 2 rounds of AI was greater (P<0.05) for heifers treated with the 14-d NOR-PGF (50%) protocol than heifers treated with the 10-d NOR (38%) but not the PGF (43%) protocol. Breeding season calving rates were similar among the 3 protocols. The results show that the 14-d NOR+PGF estrus synchronization protocol induced a high incidence of estrus with comparatively high fertility in Brahman heifers.

Item Type:Article
Keywords:estrus synchronization; progestagen; PGF; dominant follicle; Bos indicus
Subjects:Animal culture > Breeding and breeds
Animal culture > Cattle
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