Conception rate in Holstein dairy cows having both normal sized follicles and cystic folli

Conception rate in Holstein dairy cows having both normal sized follicles and cystic follicles at estrus

K. Kaneko

【期刊名称】《亚太生殖杂志（英文版）》 【年(卷),期】2016(005)005

【摘要】Objective:To investigate the conception rate when cows showing clear signs of estrus and havingboth normal sized follicles and cystic follicles were artificially inseminated.Methods:Thirty parous Holstein cows showing clear signs of estrus and having both normal sized follicles (diameter <25 mm) and cystic follicles (diameter≥25 mm) simultaneously in their ovaries were artificially inseminated.Changes in the ovaries were observed using real-time ultrasonography for 25 d after artificial insemination. The concentration of plasma progesterone (P4) was measured simultaneously to monitor the function of the corpus luteum.Results:The normal sized follicles ovulated in 21 out of 30 cows (ovulation rate: 70.0%), and 11 of these cows successfully conceived (conception rate: 36.7%) (Group C) while 10 cows did not conceive (Group NC). The maining 9 cows, normal sized follicles did notovulate (Group NO). The change in P4 in cows that ovulated was similar to that in normal cows. Although there were no significant differences in median number and size of cystic follicles among the groups, all cows in Group C only had one cystic follicle.Conclusion: