Exposure of beef females to the biostimulatory effects of bulls with or without deposition of seminal plasma prior to AI》.pdfVIP

Animal Reproduction Science 133 (2012) 27–34 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Animal Reproduction Science j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w . e l sev ier.co m /lo cate /anireprosc i Exposure of beef females to the biostimulatory effects of bulls with or without deposition of seminal plasma prior to AI K.E. Pfeiffer a , J.A. Binversie a , J.D. Rhinehart b , J.E. Larson a,∗ a Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, 240 Wise Center Drive, Mississippi State, 39762 MS, USA b Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, 5201 Marchant Drive, Nashville, 37211 TN, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the biostimulatory effect of bull exposure, Received 7 October 2011 with or without the deposition of seminal plasma, on expression of estrus and pregnancy Received in revised form 7 June 2012 rate to AI in cattle. Beef heifers (n = 86) and cows (n = 193) were allocated to one of three Accepted 15 June 2012 treatments: (1) no bull exposure (CON; n = 95), (2) exposure to a bull with a surgically- Available online 23 June 2012 deviated penis for 21 d prior to AI (DB; n = 88), or (3) exposure to a vasectomized bull for 21 d prior to AI (VB; n = 96). The DB treatment provided the physical presence of a bull but Keywords: Beef cattle prevented intromission, whereas the VB treatment allowed for intromission and deposition B