Induction of puberty in Bos indicus heifers in the western Amazon region
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2020v41n5supl1p2153Keywords:
Bovine, Female, Progesterone, Cyclicity, Ovary.Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency and cost of two distinct hormonal protocols for induction of puberty in Bos indicus heifers in the western Amazon region. Nelore prepubertal heifers (n = 127) aged 20 to 24 months (21 ± 0.3 months) and weighing 300 to 340 kg (318 ± 7 kg) were submitted to two distinct protocols for induction of cyclicity. Females were previously submitted to two ovarian ultrasound examinations (12-day interval) to verify the absence of the corpus luteum (CL). Then, the heifers were divided into two experimental groups: G-CIDR/EC (n = 54) and G-P4/EC (n = 73). The G-CIDR/EC group utilized a CIDR® for 12 days and on the day of its withdrawal, 0.6 mg of estradiol cypionate (IM) was administered. The G-P4/EC group received 150 mg of injectable progesterone (IM) and one injection of 0.6 mg EC 12 days after the progesterone injection. Twelve days after the end of the hormonal protocols, the heifers were submitted to another ultrasound evaluation for identification of cyclicity (ovulatory follicle or CL). These females were then submitted to a conventional protocol of synchronization of ovulation for timed artificial insemination (TAI). Only heifers responsive to puberty induction (G-CIDR/EC (n=30) and G-P4/EC (n=51)) were included in the TAI protocol. After seven days of insemination, both groups were exposed to natural breeding. In addition, an economic analysis was performed to evaluate cyclicity induction, the TAI protocol, and pregnancy in both groups. The G-CIDR/EC group showed 81.48% (44/54) of females responsive to induction of cyclicity (presence of CL) while the G-P4/EC group obtained 86.3% (63/73; p=0.463). Regarding the conception rate to TAI and to bull (natural breeding), the G-CIDR/EC group displayed 43.33% (13/30) and 33.33% (10/30), respectively, and the G-P4/EC group exhibited 54.9% (28/51) and 39.22% (20/51), respectively. The overall pregnancy rate (TAI+Bull) was 76.67% (23/30) in the G-CIDR/EC group compared to 94.12% (48/51; P=0.023) in the G-P4/EC group. The cost of the hormonal protocol to cyclicity induction resulted in an economy of 42.8% for injectable P4 compared to the intravaginal P4 group. In addition, the final cost of cyclic induction associated with TAI was 34% lower in the G-P4/EC group compared to the G-CIDR/EC group. We concluded that both cycling induction protocols were efficient in Bos indicus heifers from the western Amazon. However, injectable P4 provided a higher conception rate and lower pregnancy cost at the end of the reproductive season.Downloads
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