Document Type
Report
Report Number
89-13
Publication Date
1989
Keywords
estrous synchronization, heifers, mga, prostaglandins
Summary
total of 315 yearling heifers were exposed to an estrous synchronization program which consisted of feeding MGA for 14 consecutive days (.5 mg per head per day), followed by a prostaglandin injection 17 days after the last day of MGA feeding. Two hundred forty-seven (78%) of the heifers were detected in heat and artifically inseminated within 5 days after the prostagllandin injection. Response rate ranged from 75 to 84% between ranches and years.
Number of Pages
3
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
Copyright © 1989 South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Goehring, T. B., "Estrous Synchronization of Heifers Using MGA and Prostaglandin: Ranch Results" (1989). South Dakota Beef Report, 1989. 14.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sd_beefreport_1989/14