Oestrus synchronization in postpartum autumn-lambing ewes: effect of postpartum time, parity, and early weaning

Effect of early weaning and hormone treatments on induction of estrus, conception and lambing of fall-lambing Karakul ewes.

The effects of early weaning and exogenous hormones on postpartum estrus, conception and lambing performance were evaluated with 124 fall-lambed Karakul ewes. The broad outline of the experiment consisted of two lactation periods (nursing for 48 hr or 60 days postpartum) and four hormone treatment groups as follows: (1) a single injection of 2 mg estradiol-17/3 on day 4 postpartum and on the sa...

Uterine contraction patterns and fertility in early postpartum ewes.

Three experiments were conducted to determine: (1) the direction of uterine contractions in Days 32 and 52 postpartum ewes (Experiment 1); (2) the effect of PGF(2alpha) on direction of uterine contractions (Experiment 2); and (3) the effect of PGF(2alpha) on fertility rates in Day 32 postpartum ewes (Experiment 3). In Experiment 1, non-lambing (>90 days postpartum) and lambing ewes (day of lamb...

Effect of season of lambing and suckling on ovarian activity and postpartum conception

Effect of Different Progesterone Protocol and Low Doses of Equine Chorionic Gonadotropin (eCG) on Oestrus Synchronization in Arabian Ewes

This experiment was conducted to determine the reproductive performance of Arabian ewes treated with short and long-term progesterone devices in addition to low doses of equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) during the anoestrus season. A total of 36 ewes were divided into three groups: in group I vaginal sponges (60 mg medroxy progesterone acetate; (MAP)) were applied and removed after 6 days; i...

The Stimulation of Fertile Oestrus following Spring Lambing in Machine Milked Border Leicester X Merino Ewes

Groups of adult lactating Border Leicester cross Merino ewes which had lambed in the spring and had been milked mechanically after the lambs had been weaned at birth, were joined with Dorset Horn rams approximately 60 days after parturition. The ewes had been treated with progestogen sponges and pregnant mare’s serum gonadotrophrin (750 and 1500 I.U.) prior to the time of first or second expect...