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Characterization And Effects Of Systemic And Ovarian Gnrh In Beef Cattle, Jerica J. J. Rich
Characterization And Effects Of Systemic And Ovarian Gnrh In Beef Cattle, Jerica J. J. Rich
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Previous studies evaluating single and multiple GnRH injections at time of CIDR removal/prostaglandin injection using the 7-day CO-Synch + CIDR protocol have reported decreased interval to estrus and increased expression of estrus, or increased conception rates, respectively. Thus, the objective of experiment 1 (Chapter 3) was to compare the effects of supplementing GnRH at prostaglandin injection on expression of estrus and conception rates in beef cows and heifers synchronized with different protocols. The objective was conducted in two parts, in study 1, Beef cows (n = 161) and heifers (n = 1803) from 16 herds over three years were synchronized …