Tag: Artificial insemination
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AI Plans vs. Real Life on the Farm
The Naughty Heifer and the Fence That Failed We had a plan. A good one, too. Three cows—technically two cows and one heifer—were supposed to be prepped for AI. Schedules were coordinated, semen was purchased (expensive, carefully chosen semen), and optimism was high. And then… cows happened. Instead, last night I caught the naughty Jersey…
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Reproduction and AI, by Kim May of the Facebook group The Science Of Owning Dairy cattle.
REPRODUCTION AND AI For those interested in learning more about the bovine reproductive cycle and how we manipulate it, here is a basic summary. Bovine Estrous Cycle Physiology The bovine estrous cycle typically consists of 21 days, plus or minus a few days in each direction. Estrus is the period where the cow is receptive…