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Treatment Of Infertile Cows: Efficacy Of Pgf_{2\Alpha} And Gentamicin Or Their Combination In A Prid Regime, Yavuz Öztürkler, Ömer Uçar

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The efficacy of PGF_{2\alpha} and intrauterine gentamicin or their combination in a progesterone releasing intravaginal device (PRID) regime was investigated for treatment of infertility in cows. From 46 infertile cows, body condition scores (BCSs) were recorded and the cows were then divided into 4 experimental groups according to the synchronisation protocol and intrauterine gentamicin administration as follows: i) PRID (1.55 g of progesterone and 10 mg of oestradiol benzoate) for 12 days plus artificial insemination (AI) at 48 and 72 h (group 1, n = 8), ii) PRID for 12 days plus an i.m. injection of 0.150 mg of cloprostenol …