OVARIAN CHARACTERISTICS AND REPRODUCTIVE-PERFORMANCE OF AGED COW
OVARIAN CHARACTERISTICS AND REPRODUCTIVE-PERFORMANCE OF AGED COW
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DOI:
10.1095/biolreprod15.4.555
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
MURPHREE, RL
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作者:
ERICKSON, BH;REYNOLDS, RA;MURPHREE, RL
The reproductive performance of 152 grade Hereford cows that were 14 to 15 yr of age at either death or slaughter resulted in an observed mean of 9.3 .+-. 0.3 calves and a calculated mean lifetime reproductive capacity of 10.4 calves. The median was 10 calves and the modal number was 12. As dictated by the criterion failure to bear a calf during 2 successive years, 15 yr was the age at which over 50% of the herd became infertile. Ovaries from 69 fertile and 78 infertile cows were serially sectioned and microscopically examined; the groups did not differ in total germ-cell endowment (P > 0.05), and fertile significantly exceeded infertile only in number of growing follicles (P < 0.01). No intergroup difference occurred in either number or quality of vesicular follicles. The mean germ-cell endowment of 14 to 15 yr old cows was 24 .+-. 3000 (N = 147). Cystic corpus luteum was the apparent principal cause of infertility.