Oestrous synchronization in cattle using progesterone and a PGF analogue |
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Authors: | C.H. van Niekerk P.C. Belonje J.C. Morgenthal |
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Affiliation: | Dept. Animal Physiology, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, 7600, Republic of South Africa |
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Abstract: | A regime consisting of in jections of 150mg and 100mg of progesterone subcutaneously (s.c.) 3 days apart, followed 2 days later by a single injection intramuscularly (i.m.) of a PGF analogue (ICI 80996), and after further 12 hr interval, 1000 i.u. PMSG s.c. was used to synchronize oestrous periods in 16 cows. Eight cows (50%) conceived after insemination with frozen semen after synchronized oestrus; 14 cows came into oestrus over a 36-hr period. |
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