Comparison of the effect of estradiol benzoate plus progesterone and GnRH on the follicular wave emergence and subsequent follicular development in CIDR-treated, lactating dairy cows with follicular cysts

Animal Reproduction Science
Ill-Hwa Kim, Ui-Hyung Kim

Abstract

This study examined the effect of estradiol benzoate (EB) plus progesterone (P4) as compared with GnRH on follicular wave emergence and follicular development, and synchrony of ovulation and pregnancy rates following a second injection of GnRH in a controlled internal drug release (CIDR)-based timed AI (TAI) protocol in lactating dairy cows with follicular cysts. Lactating dairy cows diagnosed with follicular cysts received a CIDR device, with an injection of 2mg EB plus 50mg P4 (EB+P4 group) or with an injection of 100 microg GnRH (GnRH group) at the beginning of the experiment (day 0). Thereafter, all received PGF(2alpha) at the time of CIDR removal on day 7, GnRH on day 9, and TAI 16 h later. Follicular wave emergence occurred within 7 days in 12/15 EB plus P4-treated and 14/15 GnRH-treated cows (P>0.05). The interval to wave emergence was longer in the EB+P4 group (4.8+/-0.4 days) than in the GnRH group (2.0+/-0.2 days). The mean diameters of preovulatory follicles and the proportion of cows with preovulatory follicles greater than 12 mm on day 9 did not differ between groups (P>0.05). The proportion of cows with synchronized ovulations by 40 h after the GnRH injection on day 11 and pregnancy rates to TAI did not differ bet...Continue Reading

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