Aborting feedlot heifers with Alfavet® or Bovilene®

Aborting feedlot heifers with Alfavet® or Bovilene®

Laudert, S.; Boyd, G.; Kuhl, G.

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Publication Date: 1986

Conference: Cattlemen's Day, 1986, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March, 1986
Starting Page: 33, Ending Page: 34
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

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Abstract:

Alfavet® (alfaprostol), an experimental prostaglandin analog for inducing abortion in feedlot heifers, was evaluated for efficacy. Abortion was induced within 8 days following injection of 5 mg alfaprostol in 45 of 51 heifers (88.2%) ranging from 40 to 150 days in gestation. Bovilene® (fenprostalene), injected at 1 mg per head resulted in abortion in 45 of 49 heifers (91.8%) of similar pregnancy status. Both products were 95-100% effective from 40 to 120 days of pregnancy, but only 75% effective from 121 to 150 days.

Keywords: Beef; Heifers; Abortion; Alfavet®; Bovilene®

URL for this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6773

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