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Some risk factors affecting the pregnancy rate of Holstein-Friesian cows under Egyptian conditions and the economic impact of the first service failure.

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Farm economics

Abstract

The insemination efficiency depends on several genetic and non-genetic factors. This work was done to assess the impact of some non-genetic factors (age at 1st service (AFS), parity, artificial insemination (AI) season, days from calving to 1st service (DFS), number of services per conception (S/C), 305 milk yield (305-MY), and incidence of mastitis before 1st AI) on the conception rate (CR) of Holstein Friesian cows with estimating the economic losses of 1st AI failure. Our study was carried out through field surveys on 3729 Holstein cows at the period between the winter of 2017 to the summer of 2022. The overall CR was 46%, it differed significantly among the parity, AFS, AI season, DFS, and S/C. The CR was significantly higher for cows at age ≤3y, and for primiparous ones, also when AI was performed during the early stage of lactation (≤60d), and for those inseminated in the summer season. Moreover, the higher S/C no resulted in a higher CR. Failure of the 1st AI resulted in extra costs of $168.39/extra one day of days open (DO) with $15.39 for an extra S/C. Finally, we recommend the owner to replace the old cows, with a regular cow supervision to inseminate cows in the estrous shortly after calving, with cost-benefit analysis on their dairy farms regularly.

DOI

10.21608/bvmj.2023.225359.1689

Keywords

Holstein Friesian, conception rate, Economic losses

Authors

First Name

Zienab

Last Name

Abo-Gamil

MiddleName

Hamdy

Affiliation

Animal and Poultry Production, Department of Animal Wealth Development, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University

Email

zienab.sobhy@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

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First Name

Amira

Last Name

Abd-El Hamed

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

Animal wealth development department, Faculty of veterinary medicine,Benha university,Quwesina ,Egypt

Email

meroelfeky1000@gmail.com

City

Quwesina

Orcid

0000-0002-2559-4314

Volume

45

Article Issue

1

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44089

Issue Date

2023-10-01

Receive Date

2023-08-03

Publish Date

2023-10-01

Page Start

7

Page End

10

Print ISSN

1110-6581

Online ISSN

2974-4806

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https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_323301.html

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Original Article

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812

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Publication Title

Benha Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Some risk factors affecting the pregnancy rate of Holstein-Friesian cows under Egyptian conditions and the economic impact of the first service failure.

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24 Dec 2024