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Reproduction
A Challenging
Task On Farms
MADISON, Wls. Efficient herd repro
duction is a significant problem for most dairy
producers, according to a survey taken at the
1993 World Dairy Expo.
Fifty-eight percent of the producers
surveyed said good reproduction is “extreme
ly challenging” to achieve, while the remain
ing 42 percent rated it “somewhat
challenging.”
The survey was conducted at a presentation
intended to help producers improve dairy
herd reproduction. ‘Targeted Breeding™;
New Progress in Dairy Reproduction,” was
sponsored by The Upjohn Company. The
Michigan-based pharmaceutical manufactur
er recently introduced Targeted Breeding,
which incorporates Lutalyse® Sterile Solu
tion, a prostaglandin product, to help get cows
bred more efficiently.
Austin Belschner, DVM, MS, technical
services representative for Upjohn, detailed
how Targeted Breeding works. “The program
starts by determining a voluntary waiting per
iod after calving usually 4S to 60 days
during which cows are allowed to recover
from calving and are not bred,” said
Belschner.
He said that 17 days before the end of that
period, a cow receives her first 5-mL shot of
Lutalyse as a “set up” for estrus. Two weeks
later, another shot is given, which should
bring the cow into estrus, ready to breed at the
end of the voluntary waiting period. Heat
detection and breeding follow; if not detected
in heat, another shot is given two weeks later
and, if still not detected, the cow is
appointment-bred at 80 hours post-injection.
Examinations to detect open and pregnant
cows are performed by a veterinarian 33 to 40
days after insemination.
Belschner said the system allows for every
cow in the herd to be inseminated within 21
days after the voluntary waiting period.
Gordon Jones, DVM. a dairy practitioner
from Oconto Falls, Wis., explained how
Targeted Breeding has helped ease the task of
breeding in many of his clients’ herds. “They
like the system because it is predictable and
effective. They know which cows to watch for
heat, and, because several cows arc cycling at
the same time, heats are easier to detect”
Jones said that getting mote cows pregnant
allows his clients to cull cows for other rea
sons besides being open. “Often my clients
have had to cull good cows because they
weren’t pregnant and keep poorer ones
because they were pregnant. Targeted Breed
ing lets producers keep the right cows for the
right reasons.”
A Pennsylvania dairy fanner who has been
using Targeted Breeding for nearly three
years revealed that improved reproduction
has positively influenced other performance
aspects of the 425-cow herd he manages. Sam
Shotzberger, farm manager of Landhope
Dairy, Kennett Square, Pa., said, “Getting
cows pregnant faster has resulted in more
milk in the tank. The majority of a cow’s
income-over-feed-cost is generated in the
first 100 days of lactation, so we want to have
them milking in that period as often as
possible.”
For more information on the Upjohn
Targeted Breeding program, write Targeted
Breeding, The Upjohn Company,
9823-190-45, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001.