EDIS (Jul 2014)

Is It Worth Switching from Natural Service to Artificial Insemination? A Comparison of Reproductive Performance and Profitability in Dairy Herds

  • Klibs N. Galvão,
  • Eduardo S. Ribeiro,
  • Jose Eduardo P. Santos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-vm200-2014
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2014, no. 5

Abstract

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Reproductive efficiency is a key determinant of dairy cow profitability. A considerable portion of dairy producers in the United States still use NS in at least part of their breeding program. This 3-page fact sheet presents the results of papers that compared the reproductive performance and profitability of dairy cows submitted to natural service or a combination of timed AI and natural service. Written by Klibs N. Galvão, Eduardo S. Ribeiro, and Jose Eduardo P. Santos, and published by the UF Department of Veterinary Medicine-Large Animal Clinical Sciences, June 2014. VM200/VM200: Is It Worth Switching from Natural Service to Artificial Insemination? A Comparison of Reproductive Performance and Profitability in Dairy Herds (ufl.edu)

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