Synchronization of estrus in yearling beef heifers with the MGA®/prostaglandin F2α system: III. timed insemination after 72 hours of estrous detection
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2010-10-14T17:56:23Z
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Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service
Abstract
The percentage of heifers conceiving to artificial insemination (AI) following melengestrol acetate/prostaglandin F2"(MGA®/PG) estrous synchronization can be increased by mass insemination of all heifers not showing estrus by 72 h after PG. Inseminating at 12 h after estrus detection all heifers showing estrus within 72 h after PG; then inseminating those not detected in estrus by 72 h after PG as a group increased the proportion of heifers conceiving to AI by 10.8%.
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Beef, MGA/PG, Heifers, Timed mating, Conception rate
