Follicular growth, estrus and pregnancy after fixed-time insemination in beef cows treated with intravaginal progesterone inserts and estradiol benzoate
Follicular growth, estrus and pregnancy after fixed-time insemination in beef cows treated with intravaginal progesterone inserts and estradiol benzoate
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DOI:
10.1016/s0093-691x(99)00153-3
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发表时间:
1999-09-01
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2.8
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Inskeep, EK
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Bridges, PJ;Lewis, PE;Inskeep, EK
An experiment was performed to compare the effects of 3 short-term treatments with progesterone and estradiol benzoate (EB) on follicular growth, synchrony of estrus and pregnancy rate after fixed-time insemination in lactating postpartum beef cows. In Treatment 1 (n = 46), each cow received a progesterone-containing intravaginal insert for 7 d with injection of EB (2 mg, im) at the time of device insertion. In Treatment 2 (n = 46), the insert was used for only 5 d with injection of EB (2 mg, im) at the time of insertion; Cows in Treatment 3 (n = 47) received an insert for 5 d with no EB at the time of insertion. Each cow in the 3 groups received PGF(2)alpha (25 mg, im) at the time of insert removal, followed by EB (1 mg, im) 30 h later. The cows were then inseminated 28 to 30 h after treatment with EB (58 to 60 h after insert removal). Treatment with 2 mg EB terminated the growth of the largest ovarian follicle (>5 mm in diameter) at device insertion in 16/16 and 14/15 cows in Treatments 1 and 2, respectively. Estrus was detected within an 8-h target period (48 to 56 h after insert removal) in 93, 87 and 81% of cows in Treatments 1, 2 and 3, respectively (P>0.05). Pregnancy rates at 39 d post insemination were 60, 50 and 51% for Treatments 1, 2 and 3, respectively (P>0.05). The pregnancy rates did not differ between cows that were anovulatory or those that had ovulated before the initiation of treatments (54%), or among cows that were 28 to 40, 41 to 60 or >60 days post partum at insemination (43, 59 and 54%, respectively). Treatment with progesterone inserts for 5 or 7 d, PGF2a at the time of insert removal and 1 mg EB 30 h later induced the high degree of synchrony of estrus and ovulation necessary for fixed-time insemination. (C) 1999 by Elsevier Science Inc.