The efficacy of 150mcg D-cloprostenol or 0.530mg cloprostenol sodium on the 7- day corpus luteum (CL) regression rate, and of two doses of gonadorelin, 0.10mg vs. 0.25mg, on the ovulation and synchronization rates during the Ovsynch protocol were evaluated. Lactating Holstein cows (n=136), producing 23.75.8kg milk/d and 138.4±72.0 days in milk were randomly assigned to four groups, according to dose of gonadorelin and prostaglandin type. No effect of the products and doses tested on conception rate were observed. The ovulation and synchronization rates using 0.10mg or 0.25mg of gonadorelin were 52.9% and 80.9% vs. 57.4% and 80.9%, respectively. The CL regression rates in cows ovulating after the first GnRH using D-cloprostenol or cloprostenol sodium were 97.1% and 97.5%, respectively. The pregnancy rate was not affected by treatment, but by ovulation rate after the first injection of GnRH. The pregnancy rates were 16.0% and 6.6% for ovulated and non ovulated cows, respectively. The results suggest that 0.10mg dose of gonadorelin was efficient and both prostaglandins can be used in synchronization of ovulation protocols.
dairy cow; synchronization; gonadorelin; prostaglandin
