Fertility Programs to Achieve High 21-day Pregnancy Rates in High-Producing Holstein Dairy Herds
Fertility Programs to Achieve High 21-day Pregnancy Rates in High-Producing Holstein Dairy Herds
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旨在提高高产荷斯坦奶牛群 21 天妊娠率的生育计划
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2015
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J. Giordano
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P. Fricke;M. Wiltbank;P. D. Carvalho;J. Giordano
TAKE HOME MESSAGES The key factor affecting fertility in an Ovsynch protocol is the response to each of the three sequential hormonal treatments that can be defined using progesterone profiles. Cows with the greatest fertility to timed AI have mid-level progesterone concentrations at the first GnRH treatment, high progesterone at the PGF2α treatment, and low progesterone at the last GnRH treatment of the Ovsynch protocol. Presynchronization strategies that incorporate a combination of GnRH and PGF2α to tightly control ovarian function optimize progesterone concentrations at the first GnRH and PGF2α treatments of the Ovsynch protocol, thereby increasing fertility. Cows that initiate an Ovsynch protocol in a low-progesterone environment ovulate to the first GnRH treatment at a high rate, but fail to undergo complete luteal regression by the last GnRH treatment resulting in dramatically decreased fertility to timed AI (TAI). Addition of a second PGF2α treatment 24 hours after the first in an Ovsynch protocol decreases progesterone concentrations at the last GnRH treatment, thereby increasing fertility, particularly for cows that initiate Ovsynch in a low-progesterone environment. An aggressive reproductive management strategy that incorporates these concepts can result in an annualized 21-day pregnancy rate that exceeds 30% in healthy, high-producing dairy herds.