Data/hora: 10/06/2024 08:23:14

Provedor de dados: | Ciência Rural
País: | Brazil
Título: | Repetition of estrus is the most frequent reproductive problem after breeding in dairy cattle from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Autores: | Arashiro,Eduardo Kenji Nunes; Libonati,Hugo; Santos,Gustavo Bervian dos; Nogueira,Luiz Altamiro Garcia; Souza,Guilherme Nunes de; Lilenbaum,Walter; Brandão,Felipe Zandonadi.
Data: | 2017-01-01
Ano: | 2017
Palavras-chave: | Dairy cattle; Reproductive disorders; Repeat breeding.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT: Reproductive efficiency is one of the key elements for any milk production system to be successful. In this regard, reproductive management must be planned properly and the identification of the main reproductive disorders that affect the herd is primordial for decision-making. The aim of the present study was to identify the main reproductive problems that affect dairy herds on Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil. Data regarding breed, age, reproductive disorder occurrence, and breeding system were individually collected from dairy cows raised at 25 farms located at RJ. The occurrence of reproductive disorders was reported in 37% of the studied animals. Estrous repetition (76.2%) and abortion (15.6%) were the most frequent reproductive problems reported. Estrous repetition was more common in older animals (&gt;6 years old). However, an association between abortion and age of animal was not observed, nor an association between breeding system and occurrence of abortion. The present results demonstrated that estrous repetition is the main obstacle to the reproductive efficiency in dairy herds at RJ, and that the replace of older cows by heifers is an important point within reproductive management of a dairy herd.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782017000700701
Editor: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Relação: | 10.1590/0103-8478cr20161092
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Ciência Rural  v.47 n.7 2017
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess