Field synchronization of Ethiopian Highland sheep for fixed time artificial insemination: improvement of conception rate with a double injection of prostaglandin at 11 days
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL RESEARCH(2020)
摘要
The study investigated, for fixed time artificially inseminated (AI) Menz ewes in field trials, the reproductive performance of prostaglandin-based treatments simultaneously to the standard 'P-4+eCG' protocol. A total of 483 Menz ewes were assigned to either the 'P-4+eCG' protocol, using progesterone impregnated intravaginal sponges in combination with equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) injection at sponge withdrawal, or the 'PGF(s)' treatment where sheep received a single injection of prostaglandin or 'PGF(7)' and 'PGF(11)' where ewes were synchronized with 2 injections of prostaglandin 7 or 11 days apart, respectively. AI was implemented with fresh semen at 55 +/- 1 h after the end of the hormonal treatment. Conception rate (CR; 60.87 +/- 4.2) was highest for PGF(11)ewes (P < 0.05); PGF(s)ewes had the lowest CR (34.07 +/- 4.1). Other factors did not affect variation in CR (P > 0.05). A higher proportion of ewes in the P-4+eCG group yielded twins and triplets compared to the 3 prostaglandin-based protocols (P < 0.01). Nevertheless, a higher (P = 0.02) proportion (17.11 +/- 4.3) of PGF(11)ewes yielded twins by comparison to their PGF(7)counterparts (2.50 +/- 2.5). PGF-based protocol with 2 injections 11 days apart, preceded by a careful selection of non-pregnant ewes for cervical fixed-time AI, is a feasible reproductive management for sheep breeding programmes in Ethiopia.
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Menz sheep,artificial insemination,synchronization,prostaglandins,conception rate
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