Fetal survival in the cow after pregnancy diagnosis by palpation per rectum.

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O J Franco,M Drost,M J Thatcher,V M Shille,W W Thatcher,

It is desirable to determine wheter a cow has failed to become pregnant as early as possible, preferably prior to 50 d after insemination. Although palpation per rectum has been the generally accepted method of pregnancy diagnosis in cattle, the procedure may be a significant iatrogenic cause of fetal attrition. In a study conducted at a North Florida dairy from January through June 1982, pregnancy was determined in 192 Holstein-Friesian cows by measuring low milk progesterone (P4) content on day of insemination (Day 0) and elevated P4 on Days 21 and 24. Pregnant cows were randomly assigned to a treatment and a control group. Cows in the treatment group (n = 85) were palpated per rectum twice between Days 42 and 46 after insemination. Cows in the control group (n = 107) were not palpated until both groups were palpated at Day 90. Palpation, done by two experienced clinicians, consisted of palpation of fetal fluid fluctuation, identification of the amniotic vesicle, and slipping of the chorioallantoic membranes. In both groups of cows fetal viability was monitored by milk P4 content. Last milk (5 to 15 ml) was collected from one front quarter on Days 0, 21, and 24 and twice weekly thereafter through Day 63. Milk was defatted by centrifugation and the fat-free milk progesterone content measured by a radioimmunoassay without extraction. The milk P4 test was 80.0% accurate in determining pregnancy in the palpated and nonpalpated cows. In the cows palpated on Days 42 to 46, pregnancy rates declined by 7.5% as determined by palpation at Day 90, or by 11.4% as determined by milk P4 content through Day 63 (both values P < 0.05). Cows that were not palpated on Days 42 to 46 showed a 1.9% increase or a 4.3% decline in pregnancy rates as determined by the same criteria. Before palpation, at Days 42 to 46, pregnancy rates were better in cows that were inseminated in winter (January to March) than in spring (April to June) (82.3% vs 61.6%; P < 0.05); P4 content was higher (winter > spring = 2.13 ng/ml vs 1.38 ng/ml; P < 0.05). First-lactation cows had higher P4 values on Days 21 and 24 than older cows (P < 0.01).

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OJ Franco,M Drost,MJ Thatcher,VM Shille,WW Thatcher,

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Journal: Theriogenology

VOLUME: 27

Page Numbers: 631-44

Journal Abbreviation: Theriogenology

ISSN: 0093-691X

DAY: 26

MONTH: Apr

YEAR: 1987

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