Timed insemination of suckled beef cows after ovulation synchronization with Cosynch + CIDR

Authors

Sandra K. Johnson
Keith R. Harmoney
Jeffrey S. Stevenson

Keywords

Cattlemen's Day, 2002; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 02-318-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 890; Beef; Ovulation synchronization; Beef cows; Timed AI; GnRH; CIDR

Abstract

Lactating beef cows (n=360) were synchronized using the Cosynch procedure; 100 μg of GnRH (day −7) followed in 7 days by 25 mg of PGF2α(day 0). A used intravaginal progesterone insert (CIDR-B) was inserted on day −7 and removed at the time of PGF2αadministration. Cows were assigned to a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of four treatments: 1) insemination beginning at 48 vs. 60 hours after PGF2αand 2) administration of a second, 100 μg injection of GnRH or an equivalent volume of saline immediately after timed AI. Timed AI at either 48 or 60 hours after PGF2αin a Cosynch + CIDR protocol was equally effective. Administration of GnRH at timed AI improved conception in all cycling cows and in some noncycling cows, depending on their progesterone status.

Recommended Citation

Johnson, Sandra K.; Harmoney, Keith R.; and Stevenson, Jeffrey S. (2002) "Timed insemination of suckled beef cows after ovulation synchronization with Cosynch + CIDR," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 1. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1775