Relationship of follicle size and concentrations of estradiol among cows exhibiting or not exhibiting estrus during a fixed-time AI protocol》.pdf

Domestic Animal Endocrinology 48 (2014) 15–20 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Domestic Animal Endocrinology journal homepage: Relationship of follicle size and concentrations of estradiol among cows exhibiting or not exhibiting estrus during a fixed-time AI protocol G.A. Perry a, *, O.L. Swanson a, E.L. Larimore a, B.L. Perry a, G.D. Djira b, R.A. Cushman c a Department of Animal Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota b Department of Mathematics and Statistics, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota c USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Cows exhibiting estrus near fixed-time artificial insemination (AI) had greater pregnancy success Received 28 October 2013 than cows not showing estrus. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship Received in revised form 3 February 2014 between follicle size and peak estradiol concentration between cows that did or did not exhibit Accepted 6 February 2014 estrus during a fixed-time AI protocol. Ovulation was synchronized in beef cows by applying the CO-Synch protocol [GnRH (100 mg) on day-9, prostaglandin F2a (PGF2a; 25 mg) on day-2, and a Keywords: second injection of GnRH 48 h after PGF2a (day 0)] to both suckled (experiment 1) and nonsuckled Ovulation (experiment 2) cows. Follicle size (day 0) and ovulation