Pivotal periods for pregnancy loss during the first trimester of gestation in lactating dairy cows

MC Wiltbank, GM Baez, A Garcia-Guerra, MZ Toledo… - Theriogenology, 2016 - Elsevier
Loss of pregnancy can occur at many different stages of gestation and for a variety of causes
but clearly produces a negative impact for reproductive and economic performances of dairy …

The cow as an induced ovulator: Timed AI after synchronization of ovulation

MC Wiltbank, JR Pursley - Theriogenology, 2014 - Elsevier
Timed-AI after synchronization of ovulation has become one of the most used reproductive
technologies developed during the past 40 years. Various adaptations of this technology are …

[HTML][HTML] Carryover effect of postpartum inflammatory diseases on developmental biology and fertility in lactating dairy cows

ES Ribeiro, G Gomes, LF Greco, RLA Cerri… - Journal of dairy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The objective of this series of studies was to investigate the effects of inflammatory diseases
occurring before breeding on the developmental biology and reproductive responses in …

Factors that optimize reproductive efficiency in dairy herds with an emphasis on timed artificial insemination programs

CE Cardoso Consentini, MC Wiltbank, R Sartori - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Reproductive efficiency is critical for profitability of dairy operations. The
first part of this manuscript discusses the key physiology of dairy cows and how to practically …

Success rate of artificial insemination, reproductive performance and economic impact of failure of first service insemination: a retrospective study

B Tadesse, AA Reda, NT Kassaw, W Tadeg - BMC Veterinary Research, 2022 - Springer
Background A retrospective cohort study using a 10 year artificial insemination (AI) and cow
reproductive performance data was conducted to study the success rate of AI; associations …

[HTML][HTML] Plasma anti-Müllerian hormone in adult dairy cows and associations with fertility

ES Ribeiro, RS Bisinotto, FS Lima, LF Greco… - Journal of dairy …, 2014 - Elsevier
The objectives of this study were to identify factors associated with concentrations of anti-
Müllerian hormone (AMH) in plasma of dairy cows and to investigate the relationships …

Holsteins favor heifers, not bulls: biased milk production programmed during pregnancy as a function of fetal sex

K Hinde, AJ Carpenter, JS Clay, BJ Bradford - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Mammalian females pay high energetic costs for reproduction, the greatest of which is
imposed by lactation. The synthesis of milk requires, in part, the mobilization of bodily …

Biology of preimplantation conceptus at the onset of elongation in dairy cows

ES Ribeiro, LF Greco, RS Bisinotto… - Biology of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The objectives of this study were to characterize changes in transcriptome of preimplantation
conceptuses at the onset of elongation and associated changes in uterine histotroph …

[HTML][HTML] Hormonal manipulations in the 5-day timed artificial insemination protocol to optimize estrous cycle synchrony and fertility in dairy heifers

FS Lima, ES Ribeiro, RS Bisinotto, LF Greco… - Journal of Dairy …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objectives were to determine the effects of GnRH at the initiation of the 5-d timed artificial
insemination (AI) program combined with 2 injections of PGF 2α on ovarian responses and …

Synchronisation of ovulation for management of reproduction in dairy cows

RS Bisinotto, ES Ribeiro, JEP Santos - animal, 2014 - cambridge.org
Important developments have occurred in the last two decades, since the advent of the
Ovsynch protocol, on the understanding and use of synchronisation programmes for …