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Scientific Article

Cloprostenol as an aid in dairy herd management: 1. Mating management

Pages 300-305 | Published online: 23 Feb 2011
 

Summary

An AB programme restricted to 14 days through the use of mated, 135 were treated after selection on pre-mating oestrus dates or rectal examination. Treatment was administered on the 6th day of mating. Untreated cows were inseminated, on detection of oestrus, throughout the 14 days. Nine of 135 treated cows were inseminated within 48 hours, 50 at 72 hours only, 75 at both 72 and 96 hours and one at 96 hours after treatment. All cows in season were inseminated, irrespective of recent insemination. Prolonged and split heats, and short cycles (less than 14 days), occurred in treated and untreated cows.

AB conceptions confirmed in those cows retained in the herd were 623% of untreated cows (66.9% of those which were inseminated) and 69.1% of treated.

The conceptions achieved in this abbreviated AB programme are equal to those normally achieved after 7 weeks of AB. Mating management is discussed; the release of labour from AB involvement 4 weeks earlier than usual is a major advantage of this technique.

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