Efeito da época do ano na transferência de embriões em vacas holandesas superovuladas com PMSG

• Autor(a) principal: Basile, João Roberto
• Data de Publicação: 1998
• Outros Autores: Chebel, Roberto Jorge, Basile, Leandro Francisco
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/5676
• topic: Transferência de embriões; PMSG; Estações do ano; Bovinos; Embryo transfer; PMSG; Seasons; Cattle

The authors tried to evaluate the effect of environmental factors on the embryo transfer of 21 Holstein cows, in a 30 months period, submitted to 37 superovulatory treatments with 3.000 I.U. of PMSG. The results were analyzed considering two seasons: wet period (October to March) with an average maximum temperature = 30.0 ± 0.8ºC and an average absolute precipitation = 153.1 ± 78.8 mm³ and dry period (April to September) with an average maximum temperature = 26.5 ± 1.6ºC and an average absolute precipitation = 59.2 ± 53.8 mm³. Climatic differences between seasons were demonstrated (P<0.05), but there were no significant differences between seasons in the average number of structures per superovulation: 5.4 ± 2.63 and 4.3 ± 4.00; in the viable embryos percentage: 50.0% and 57.6% and the pregnancy rates in the recipients: 44.4% and 35.2%, respectively. Then, the climatic variations between wet and dry periods did not appear to adversely affect the embryo transfer performance in superovulated Holstein cows with PMSG.