Programas de Inseminación Artificial a Tiempo Fijo

Abstract

One of the objectives of a reproductive handling program in a cattle establishment is oriented to obtain optimal productive parameters, like a reduction of the interval among childbirths, obtaining a maximum efficiency to guarantee the economic return. The insemination at fixed time (IATF) used with criterion allows considerable improvements in the handling, that is without the necessity of detecting jealousy by means of the use of a bovine intra-vaginal device in combination with other reproductive hormones it is possible to opt by different treatments of jealousy synchronization that go from the simplest ones, that use periodic injections of prostaglandin F2α, to the most complex ones that use GnRH or devices with progesterone, the IATF is a very important tool when introducing genetics in the cattle farm, and it is very effective since high pregnancy percentages are obtained. It is necessary to decide which method is going to be used according to the zone and cost where the insemination program is going to be done.