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Long-Term Cidr Program For Synchronization Of Estrus In Beef Heifers Produces Acceptable Ai Pregnancy Rates, Sandra K. Johnson, J.W. Bolte, John R. Jaeger
Long-Term Cidr Program For Synchronization Of Estrus In Beef Heifers Produces Acceptable Ai Pregnancy Rates, Sandra K. Johnson, J.W. Bolte, John R. Jaeger
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Routinely achieving pregnancy rates greater than 50% with fixed-time artificial insemination (AI) in heifers has been difficult. The Beef Reproduction Task Force recently added the intravaginal progesterone-releasing device (CIDR)-Select to its list of recommended fixed-time AI protocols. Research and field trials in Missouri have achieved AI pregnancy rates in the range of 55% to 60%. Another relatively new protocol is the 5-day CO-Synch, a timed AI protocol + CIDR that has produced pregnancy rates similar to or higher than those obtained with the standard 7-day CO-Synch + CIDR protocol. It is not known whether these two systems differ in terms …