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GUTIERREZ ANEZ, Juan Carlos et al. Effect of days postpartum, breed, parity and season on reproductive performance of anestrous crossbred cows treated with an intravaginal progestagen plus ecg and pgf₂a. Rev. Cient. (Maracaibo) [online]. 2006, vol.16, n.5, pp.544-555. ISSN 0798-2259.

An experiment was done to evaluate the effect of postpartum interval to treatment (DPP) breed (PR), number of calving (NP) and season (E) on ciclicity and fertility of anestrous crossbred cows treated with intravaginal sponges (EI) impregnated with progesterone medroxi acetate (MAP) plus im injection of eCG and PGF₂a. The study was conducted in a farm located in a tropical rainforest in Machiques de Perijá, Venezuela. Seventy two primiparous (47) and multiparous (25) Bos taurus × Bos indicus crossbred cows, between 45 and 108 days postpartum (DPP) and body condition (CC) between 3.0 and 3.5. Cows were treated as follows: MAP; Day 0, EI insertion + 5 mg 17b-Estradiol and 50 mg MAP im; Day 6, 500 IU eCG and 25 mg PGF₂a im; day 8 EI removed; day 9 1 mg 17b-Estradiol im. One group was treated before 70 DPP (MAP < 70DPP; n = 25) and another after 70 DPP (MAP > 70DPP; n = 47). Studied variables were: Synchronization rate (TS), first service conception rate (F), total pregnancy rate (FG), treatment to conception interval (ITC), calving to conception interval (IPC) and synchronization period (PS). Variables TS, F, and FG were analyzed with PROC LOGISTIC, SAS, while ITC, IPC and PS were analyzed with the PROC GLM, option SAS. Variables TS, F, FG, ITC, IPC and PS were not affected by PR and NP. Cows predominantly Bos indicus in MAP < 70DPP had greater (P < 0.05) F and FG than those in MAP > 70DPP (F: 81.8 vs 43.7%; FG: 84.6 vs 45.5%). The TS was greater (P < 0.01) in cows treated during the rainy season than those treated during the dry season (96.4 vs 69.8%). During the rainy season, cows in MAP < 70DPP had greater (P < 0.01) F than did those in MAP > 70DPP (87.5 vs 42.1%, respectively). The PS was shorter (P < 0.01) during the dry season (36.9 h) vs the rainy season (48.8 h). The IPC was shorter (P < 0.01) in MAP < 70DPP (95.8 days) compared to MAP > 70DPP (148.3 days). In conclusion, days to EI insertion after parturition was the most important factor tending to affect treatment response

Palabras clave : Progestagen; days open; breed; number of calving; season.