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Reducing the Interval from Presynchronization to Initiation of Timed Artificial Insemination Improves Fertility in Dairy Cows

Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center, University of California–Davis, Tulare 93274

² Corresponding author: Jsantos{at}vmtrc.ucdavis.edu

The objective was to determine if reducing the interval from presynchronization to the first GnRH injection (G1) of a timed artificial insemination (AI) protocol improves pregnancy per AI. One thousand two hundred fourteen Holstein cows, at 37 ± 3 d in milk (DIM), were stratified by parity, DIM, and milk yield in the first month postpartum and randomly assigned to control (n = 412), 2 injections of PGF₂ at 37 ± 3 and 51 ± 3 DIM, then enrolled in a timed AI protocol 14 d later; PShort (n = 410), 2 injections of PGF2 at 40 ± 3 and 54 ± 3 DIM, then enrolled in a timed AI protocol 11 d later; or PShortG (n = 392), same as PShort, but with an injection of GnRH 7 d before G1. All cows received the same timed AI protocol (d 65, G1; d 72, PGF₂; d 73, 1 mg of estradiol cypionate; d 75, AI). A subset of 1,000 cows had their ovaries examined by ultrasonography at G1 and 7 d later when PGF₂ of the timed AI was given to determine presence of corpus luteum (CL) and ovulation to G1. Pregnancy was diagnosed on d 38 after timed AI, and pregnant cows were reevaluated for pregnancy 4 wk later. Altering the interval between presynchronization and G1 did not affect the proportion of cows with a CL at G1, but GnRH 7 d before G1 increased the proportion of cows with a CL. Ovulation to G1 was greater for 11 compared with the 14 d interval, but GnRH did not improve ovulation. The increased ovulation to G1 when the interval was reduced from 14 to 11 d was observed only in cows with a CL at G1, but treatment did not affect ovulation in cows without a CL at G1. Treatment affected the pregnancy per AI on d 38 and 66 after insemination, and they were greater for the 11 compared with 14-d interval, but addition of GnRH did not improve pregnancy per AI. Cows ovulating to G1 had greater pregnancy per AI regardless of whether or not they had a CL at G1. Reducing the interval from presynchronization to initiation of the timed AI protocol from 14 to 11 d increased ovulation to G1 and pregnancy per AI in lactating dairy cows.

Key Words: dairy cow • presynchronization • reproduction • timed artificial insemination

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