A cross-sectional study was conducted from January to July 2021 determine the prevalence and contributing factors repeat breeding (RB) postpartum anestrus (PPA) in crossbred dairy cattle central highland of Ethiopia. Furthermore; a retrospective used collect data on occurrence RB PPA associated risk factors. The pregnancy rate determined by rectal palpation day 60 after hormonal therapy using d...

The daily challenge of getting cows pregnant is nothing new to any dairy producer. What is new is the variety of approaches that researchers are taking to understand the mechanisms underlying this problem and propose effective solutions to it. Our applied reproductive research program is focused on controlling ovarian physiology to optimize fertility of lactating dairy cows. Our goal is to deve...

The objective of this study was to characterize the circulating concentrations of estradiol-17β (E-17β) after treatment with different types or doses of estrogens in the absence (Experiment 1) or presence (Experiment 2) of a dominant follicle in lactating cows. In Experiment 1, cows (n = 12) had all follicles > 5 mm removed by ultrasound-guided follicular aspiration every 12 h throughout the bl...

The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of suckling on reproductive performance and metabolic status of obese (mean body condition score of more than 4.0 on a scale of 1-5) maternal Japanese Black cows during early postpartum period. We used 7 postpartum Japanese Black cattle. Four cows were suckled ad libitum (suckled) until completion of their first artificial insemination (AI), w...

the study was undertaken to compare the efficacy of an estradiol-17β + cidr based protocol with the conventional ovsynch + cidr based protocol for synchrony of wave emergence and ovulation in murrah buffalos. in group i (n=25), on day 0 (beginning of experiment), buffaloes were administered a cidr device (1.38 g p4) and concurrently received 1.5 mg e-17β. on day 9, the cidr was removed and a pr...

The study was undertaken to compare the efficacy of an estradiol-17β + CIDR based protocol with the conventional ovsynch + CIDR based protocol for synchrony of wave emergence and ovulation in Murrah buffalos. In group I (n=25), on day 0 (beginning of experiment), buffaloes were administered a CIDR device (1.38 g P4) and concurrently received 1.5 mg E-17β. On day 9, the CIDR was removed and a pr...

Beef cows (n = 473) from two locations were stratified by breed, postpartum interval, age, and AI sire and were randomly allotted to one of four treatments for synchronization of ovulation. Ovulation synchronization protocols included the Ovsynch protocol with (n = 114) or without (n = 123) 48-h calf removal from d 7 to 9 (d 0 = 1st GnRH injection) or the COSynch protocol with (n = 119) or with...

The study was undertaken to compare the efficacy of an estradiol-17β + CIDR based protocol with the conventional ovsynch + CIDR based protocol for synchrony of wave emergence and ovulation in Murrah buffalos. In group I (n=25), on day 0 (beginning of experiment), buffaloes were administered a CIDR device (1.38 g P4) and concurrently received 1.5 mg E-17β. On day 9, the CIDR was removed and a pr...

The present study was performed to determine the effect of PGF2α and GnRH injections in different time intervals on fertility in Hair goats during breeding season. Totally, 80 primiparous Hair goats were divided into four groups (n=20 in each) according to the body condition scores of the animals. The animals in groups were treated as follows; first group (Ovsynch), GnRH on day 0, PGF2α on day ...

For assessing the impact of melatonin pre-treatment in summer anestrous Murrah buffaloes on subsequent reproductive activity a fixed time artificial insemination (FTAI) protocol, 83 were subcutaneously inserted 2x4 mm size absorbable (MT) implants (18 mg/50 kg b wt) at base left ear and 38 used as non-implanted controls. On day 35 post-MT, treatment control group subjected to FTAI protocol (Ovs...