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http://dx.doi.org/10.12749/RDB.2013.37.1.23

Studies on the Failure Rate of Artificial Insemination in Korean Native Cows  

Park, Sairom (College of Animal Life Science, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Hun (College of Animal Life Science, Kangwon National University)
Lee, Young-Sub (College of Animal Life Science, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Jin-Woo (College of Animal Life Science, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Jong Bok (College of Animal Life Science, Kangwon National University)
Song, Young-Han (College of Animal Life Science, Kangwon National University)
Lee, Hak-Kyo (Dept. of Biotechnology, Hankyong National University)
Lee, Sung-Jin (College of Animal Life Science, Kangwon National University)
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Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate the influence of artificial insemination (AI) failure in 1,619 Korean native cows at Gangwon East area, Korea. The average AI failure rate was 37.02% in the cows and the highest rate was 40.85% in Yangyang-city. Based on the parity in the cows, the AI failure rate was 49.14% and 29.91% in the first and fifth parity cows, respectively. Whereas cows until fifth parity were decreased in AI failure, cows with sixth or more parity showed an upturning AI failure trends with the increasing of parity number. AI failure rate incidence according to the rump fat thickness measured by ultrasound was 28.9% and 33.4% at 5 mm to 10 mm and over than 15 mm, respectively. There was a positive correlation (0.2186) between AI failure rate of mother and that of their offspring cows. That is, offspring of dams with high AI failure rate showed also higher AI failure than those of dams having lower AI failure rate. In conclusion, these results indicate that the AI failure rate was closely related to the rump fat thickness, parity number, and conception rate of mother cows. In addition, these results might strengthen the basis to improve the reproductive performance in Korean native cows.
Keywords
Artificial insemination; Korean native cow; Rump fat; Parity;
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