Keywords
Cattlemen's Day, 2001; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 01-318-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 873; Beef; MGA; Postpartum interval; Pregnancy rate; Short cycle
Abstract
A protocol to make anestrous cows more likely to cycle prior to estrous synchronization would greatly enhance reproductive efficiency. Ease of application, availability, and low cost make feeding melengestrol acetate (MGA) a good choice in such a protocol. MGA, used as a progestin "primer," has no detrimental effects on cows that are already cycling and reduces the number of cows expressing short cycles.
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19
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Recommended Citation
Gleghorn, J.F.; Marston, T.T.; and Wankel, L.E.
(2001)
"Short-term feeding of MGA to postpartum cows prior to the breeding season,"
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports:
Vol. 0:
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1.
https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1715
