Does it Pay to Use an Ultrasound Machine for Early Pregnancy Diagnosis in Dairy Cows?

Authors

  • Luc DesCôteaux Département de Sciences Cliniques, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, C.P. 5000, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada, J2S 7C6
  • John Fetrow Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, St-Paul, MN 55108

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19985713

Keywords:

Pregnancy diagnosis, ultrasound, reproductive performance, economics

Abstract

Pregnancy diagnosis is regarded as an important and necessary component of a complete dairy herd health program (Olternacu et al. , 1990). The main objective of such a comprehensive program is to make sure that healthy productive cows calve at 12-13 month intervals to optimize their life milk production. Seegers and Malher (1996) reported that every open day past 100 days in milk costs between $2.50 and $4.00 to dairy producers. Early pregnancy diagnosis can assist dairymen in managing open cows and improving reproductive performance and economics of their herd (Olternacu et al., 1990).

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Published

1998-09-24

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Research Summaries - Dairy I & II

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