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Incidence of Repeat Breeding in Cattle at Organized Dairy Farms

2019; Volume: 8; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5958/2349-4433.2019.00088.6

2349-4433

Dinesh Mahto, Shobha Rani,

Livestock Management and Performance Improvement

The present study was carried out at organized dairy farms at Jehanabad. A total of 144 cows were selected. The general and breeding history of animals, presented for gynecological checkup were recorded with respect to age of animal, number of calving, day past from last calving, nature of estrus cycle, number of insemination done without conception were noted. Animals observed to be in estrus for the first or second time were considered as normal or fresh animal. For third time or more after insemination were taken as repeat breeding animals. The highest incidence of repeat breeding (23.52%) was recorded during the month of February and the lowest (11.90%) during the month of June. The highest incidence of repeat breeding was observed during monsoon (23.80%) and lowest during summer (13.63%) season. The overall incidence of repeat breeding out of total number of 483 cases examined was 16.82 percent. The highest incidence of (42.85%) was observed in heifers which calved first time.