EFFECT OF ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION WITH DOUBLE INJECTION OF D-CLOPROSTENOL ASSOCIATED OR NOT WITH eCG ON THE REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF ½ BOER/SRD GOATS RAIZED IN THE SEMI-ARID ZONE OF NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Authors

  • Daniel Maia Nogueira Embrapa Semi-Árido
  • Edilson Soares Lopes Júnior UNIVASF
  • Pedro Humberto Felix de Sousa UNEB – Campus III
  • Geraldo Miranda de Carvalho Júnior Centro de Reprodução de Andorinha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v10i2.3399

Keywords:

caprino, fêmea, gonadotrofina, tratamento hormonal

Abstract

he aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of double injection of d-cloprostenol associated or not with equine chorionic gonadotrophin (eCG) over the reproduction performance of ½ Boer/non-genotype goats raised in the semi-arid region of North-eastern Brazil. Forty goats were distributed into two estrus synchronization protocols, as following: T1 (n = 20) two injections of 75 µg d-cloprostenol at seven days interval; T2 (n = 20), similar to the previous protocol, differing only by the addition of 300 IU eCG at the last d-cloprostenol injection. Percentage of animals in estrus (65% vs. 85%) and interval from the end of treatment to estrus onset (22.8 ± 13.4 h vs. 17.2 ± 7.6 h) did not differ (P>0.05) between T1 and T2, respectively. However, T2 showed a larger estrus length (P<0.05) than T1; 47.3 ± 12.3 h and 32.9 ± 11.9 h, respectively. It was observed a fertility and prolificity rate, respectively, of 61.5% and 1.4 for T1 and 41.2% and 1.8 for the T2, not having significant difference between treatments. Double injections of d-cloprostenol at seven days interval showed technically viable. In the present study, the addition of 300 IU eCG did not improve fertility nor prolificity rates.

KEY WORDS: Estrus synchronization, goats, gonadotrophin, productive performance, prostaglandin.

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Author Biographies

Daniel Maia Nogueira, Embrapa Semi-Árido

Médico Veterinário formado na UECE. Mestrado em Produção e Reprodução de Pequenos Ruminantes. Pesquisador da Embrapa Semi-Árido. Petrolina-PE.

 

 

Edilson Soares Lopes Júnior, UNIVASF

Médico Veterinário. Doutor. Professor Adjunto I - UNIVASF – Petrolina – PE.

Pedro Humberto Felix de Sousa, UNEB – Campus III

 Médico Veterinário. Doutor. Professor Adjunto – Faculdade de Agronomia – UNEB – Campus III  –  Juazeiro – BA.

Geraldo Miranda de Carvalho Júnior, Centro de Reprodução de Andorinha

Médico Veterinário do Centro de Reprodução de Andorinha – Andorinha – BA.

Published

2009-07-03

How to Cite

NOGUEIRA, D. M.; LOPES JÚNIOR, E. S.; SOUSA, P. H. F. de; CARVALHO JÚNIOR, G. M. de. EFFECT OF ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION WITH DOUBLE INJECTION OF D-CLOPROSTENOL ASSOCIATED OR NOT WITH eCG ON THE REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF ½ BOER/SRD GOATS RAIZED IN THE SEMI-ARID ZONE OF NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 2, p. 618–626, 2009. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v10i2.3399. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/3399. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.

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Veterinary Medicine