Embryonic mortality after embryo transfer causes substantial economic losses in the cattle industry. This has been related to the inability of the corpus luteum (CL) to secrete enough progesterone (P4) to prepare the endometrium for embryo implantation and maintain pregnancy. Thus, the objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of treatments that induce ovulation of a persistent f...

This memo discusses the strategy for address assignment of the existing 32-bit IPv4 address space with a view toward conserving the address space and limiting the growth rate of global routing state. This document obsoletes the original CIDR spec [RFC1519], with changes made both to clarify the concepts it introduced and, after Fuller & Li Expires November 2, 2005 [Page 1] Internet-Draft CIDR A...

The objective was to compare pregnancy rates to resynchronization and timed AI (TAI) protocols in lactating dairy cows that received GnRH at 23 d and were diagnosed not pregnant at 30 d after the pre-enrollment AI. Nonpregnant cows (624) at ultrasonography on day 30 (study day 0) were classified as diestrus (74.8%), metestrus (5.6%) and without a CL (19.5%). Cows in diestrus were assigned eithe...

Background and Objective: Ineffective estrus detection is the foremost limiting factor in the fertility of farmed cattle worldwide. Therefore, this study investigates the effect of three synchronization protocols with Fixed Time Artificial Insemination (FTAI) on the pregnancy rate of crossbred dairy cows. Methodology: Ninety one cows were assigned to four groups where the Body Condition Score (...

The objective of the present study was to determine whether oestrous detection with the help of oestrous detection aids during the Heatsynch without timed AI protocol is equally effective with the progesterone-combined protocol in dairy heifers. A total of 148 heifers were randomly assigned to one of the two groups. A group of heifers treated with Heatsynch with heat detection aids (n = 72) rec...

The objective of this study was to compare the effects of three different estrus synchronization protocols on the pregnancy rates of lactating dairy cows. Group 1 (Ovsynch protocol; n= ) animals received 20 μg GnRH on day 0, 500 μg PGF2α on day 7 and 20 μg GnRH on day 9; Group 2 (Heatsynch protocol; n= ) received 20 μg GnRH on day 0, 500 μg PGF2α on day 7 and an injection of 1 ml estradiol cypi...

The objective was to test the efficacy of an intravaginal progesterone insert and injection of PGF2α for synchronizing estrus and shortening the interval to pregnancy in cattle. Cattle were assigned to one of three treatments before a 31-d breeding period that employed artificial insemination. Control cattle were not treated, and treated cattle were administered PGF2α or an intravaginal progest...

AIM The study was conducted to determine the serum levels of certain hormones in post-partum anestrus cows following treatment with controlled internal drug release (CIDR) and Ovsynch protocol. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 30 postpartum anestrus cows were divided into three equal groups after thorough gynecoclinical examination. The Group 1 animals received an intravaginal progesterone de...