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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

2007

2007; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 07-179-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 978; Beef; Cattle; A.I.; MGA; 7-11 CO-Synch

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Gnrh Removal In The 7-11 Co-Synch For Timed Insemination Of Beef Heifers (2007), D.R. Eborn, David M. Grieger Jan 2007

Gnrh Removal In The 7-11 Co-Synch For Timed Insemination Of Beef Heifers (2007), D.R. Eborn, David M. Grieger

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

The use of artificial insemination can improve genetics, shorten the calving season, and increase weaning weights by having more calves born earlier in the breeding season. Reasons that this technology has not been used by many producers may include poor conception rates, time, and cost. Research has been directed at shortening the synchronization time and controlling time of ovulation to eliminate estrous detection using a timed artificial insemination. Use of a progestin, like the Eazi-Breed CIDR or melengestrol acetate (MGA), is desirable because they are effective in synchronizing estrus and they can also induce cyclicity in anestrus or prepubertal females. …