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Conception rate in Bos taurus and Bos indicus crossbred heifers after postweaning energy manipulation and synchronization of estrus with melengestrol acetate and fenprostalene. 1989

D J Patterson, and L R Corah, and G H Kiracofe, and J S Stevenson, and J R Brethour
Dept. of Anim. Sci. and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506.

Conception rate in heifers after synchronization of estrus with melengestrol acetate (MGA) and fenprostalene (a prostaglandin F2 alpha analogue; PGF) was determined in pubertal Bos taurus and Bos indicus crossbred yearling heifers. Angus x Hereford (AH, n = 137) and Brahman x Hereford (BH, n = 97) heifers were sorted by body weight after weaning into light (LW) and heavy (HW) weight blocks. Heifers were assigned by age to diets to reach a target weight of 55% (LE) or 65% (HE) of their projected mature weight by the start of breeding. Heifers that exhibited estrus and had serum progesterone greater than or equal to 1 ng/ml (0 or 10 d before estrous synchronization treatment) were assigned randomly within breed and nutritional groups to either an estrous synchronization (S) or control (C) group. Heifers in the S group were fed .5 mg of MGA for 7 d and injected s.c. with 2 mg PGF on d 7 of MGA. All heifers were inseminated 12 h after first detected estrus. A greater proportion of AH (P less than .01) than of BH heifers were in estrus within 6 d after PGF, and more S heifers than C heifers (P less than .01) were in estrus. Conception rate at first service was proportionately higher (P less than .001) in AH than in BH heifers and lower (P less than .02) in S than in C heifers. There was a breed x energy level interaction (P less than .01) for conception rate at first service. Stage of the estrous cycle at the time treatment with MGA was initiated influenced (P less than .05) conception rate at first service in the S, AH heifers, with lower conception rates among heifers beginning treatment late in their estrous cycles (greater than or equal to d 12). Pregnancy rates after 21 d were higher (P less than .01) in AH than in BH heifers and higher (P less than .01) in HW than in LW heifers. More HE than LE heifers (P less than .02), and more AH than BH heifers were pregnant after 45 d. Pregnancy rates at the end of 21 d were higher among HE, BH heifers than among LE contemporaries. A higher (P less than .02) percentage of HE, HW, BH heifers were pregnant at the end of 45 d compared with other BH groups. Results indicated that a 7-d MGA-PGF treatment reduced conception rates at first service in pubertal yearling heifers. Pregnancy rate was affected by prebreeding nutrition in BH yearling heifers at the end of 45 d.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007279 Injections, Subcutaneous Forceful administration under the skin of liquid medication, nutrient, or other fluid through a hollow needle piercing the skin. Subcutaneous Injections,Injection, Subcutaneous,Subcutaneous Injection
D008552 Melengestrol Acetate A 6-methyl PROGESTERONE acetate with reported glucocorticoid activity and effect on ESTRUS. Melengestrol,Acetate, Melengestrol
D011245 Pregnadienes Pregnane derivatives containing two double bonds anywhere within the ring structures.
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011270 Pregnancy, Animal The process of bearing developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero in non-human mammals, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Animal Pregnancies,Animal Pregnancy,Pregnancies, Animal
D011374 Progesterone The major progestational steroid that is secreted primarily by the CORPUS LUTEUM and the PLACENTA. Progesterone acts on the UTERUS, the MAMMARY GLANDS and the BRAIN. It is required in EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; PREGNANCY maintenance, and the development of mammary tissue for MILK production. Progesterone, converted from PREGNENOLONE, also serves as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of GONADAL STEROID HORMONES and adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS. Pregnenedione,Progesterone, (13 alpha,17 alpha)-(+-)-Isomer,Progesterone, (17 alpha)-Isomer,Progesterone, (9 beta,10 alpha)-Isomer
D011461 Prostaglandins F, Synthetic Analogs or derivatives of prostaglandins F that do not occur naturally in the body. They do not include the product of the chemical synthesis of hormonal PGF. PGF Synthetic,Prostaglandin F Analogs,Prostaglandin F Analogues,Synthetic Prostaglandins F,Analogs, Prostaglandin F,Analogues, Prostaglandin F,Synthetic, PGF
D011897 Random Allocation A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects. Randomization,Allocation, Random
D001835 Body Weight The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms. Body Weights,Weight, Body,Weights, Body
D002417 Cattle Domesticated bovine animals of the genus Bos, usually kept on a farm or ranch and used for the production of meat or dairy products or for heavy labor. Beef Cow,Bos grunniens,Bos indicus,Bos indicus Cattle,Bos taurus,Cow,Cow, Domestic,Dairy Cow,Holstein Cow,Indicine Cattle,Taurine Cattle,Taurus Cattle,Yak,Zebu,Beef Cows,Bos indicus Cattles,Cattle, Bos indicus,Cattle, Indicine,Cattle, Taurine,Cattle, Taurus,Cattles, Bos indicus,Cattles, Indicine,Cattles, Taurine,Cattles, Taurus,Cow, Beef,Cow, Dairy,Cow, Holstein,Cows,Dairy Cows,Domestic Cow,Domestic Cows,Indicine Cattles,Taurine Cattles,Taurus Cattles,Yaks,Zebus

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