Original Scientific Article
Modification of the standard 7-day Ovsynch protocol to increase the luteolytic and synchronization risks in dairy cows
Branko Atanasov * ,
Nikola Adamov ,
Irena Celeska ,
Ksenija Ilievska ,
Branko Angjelovski ,
Zvonko Trbogazov ,
Filip Davkov ,
Toni Dovenski ,
Geert Opsomer ,
Jeffrey Stevenson

Mac Vet Rev 2020; 43 (2): 161 - 167

10.2478/macvetrev-2020-0028

Received: 16 June 2020

Received in revised form: 13 August 2020

Accepted: 28 August 2020

Available Online First: 14 September 2020

Published on: 15 October 2020

Correspondence: Branko Atanasov, batanasov@fvm.ukim.edu.mk
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Abstract

We hypothesized that a single dose of PGF2α belatedly injected on day 8 after GnRH-1 in cows receiving a 7-day Ovsynch-56 protocol (GnRH – 7 days – PGF2α – 56h – GnRH – 16h – timed AI) will increase the proportion of cows with complete luteolysis. At day 35±3 postpartum, 70 lactating Holstein cows from one herd were scored for body condition and pre-synchronized with PGF2α and GnRH (3 days apart) and 7 days later submitted to an Ovsynch-56 protocol for first AI after random assignment to two treatments: (1) OV-7 (n=35) with an injection of PGF2α either on day 7; or (2) OV-8 (n=35) on day 8 after G1, respectively. Blood was collected before the first PGF2α, at day 7 and day 8 in OV-7 and OV-8, respectively, at AI and at 7 days after AI to assess progesterone concentration. Ten cows were classified as acyclic and were excluded from the analysis resulting in 60 cows (OV-8, n=27; OV-7, n=33). In total, more (P=0.01) OV-8 cows and more (P=0.04) primiparous OV-8 cows had complete luteolysis compared with their OV-7 herd mates. In addition, more (P=0.008) OV-8 cows with BCS<2.75 had complete luteolysis compared with their OV-7 herd mates, whereas no difference was observed between treatments among cows with BCS ≥2.75. In conclusion, delaying the application of PGF2α by 1 day reduced the percentage of primiparous cows and cows with poorer BCS having incomplete luteal regression at the time of AI.

Keywords: luteolysis, synchronization risk, Ovsynch, dairy cows, BCS

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Macedonian Veterinary Review. Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 161-167, e-ISSN 1857-7415, p-ISSN 1409-7621, DOI: 10.2478/macvetrev-2020-0028, 2020

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