COMPARISON OF PALPABLE CORPORA-LUTEA WITH SERUM PROGESTERONE CONCENTRATIONS IN COWS
- 15 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 188 (12), 1417-1419
Abstract
Serum progesterone concentrations were used to evaluate rectal palpation of corpora lutea as a method for assignment of postpartum beef cows to prostaglandin treatment and nontreatment groups. On the basis of 124 evaluations, 18% of the cows were assigned incorrectly to the treatment group and 37% of the cows were assigned incorrectly to the nontreatment group. The inability of palpators to accurately select cows with a mature corpus luteum may diminish the success of estrus synchronization regimens that use rectal palpation of corpora lutea for selection of cows for prostaglandin therapy.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Serum progesterone concentration in pyometritic and normal postpartum dairy cowsTheriogenology, 1983
- A Re-Assessment of the Technique of Rectal Palpation of Corpora Lutea in CowsBritish Veterinary Journal, 1980