Scanning cows reveals an unexpected pregnancy

05 Nov 2012

A cow had previously undergone 3 superovulation programs, with a yield of 60 embryos. The client was shocked by the fact that the cow was pregnant. The cow had been administered prostaglandin to induce oestrus after the superovulation program. 22 embryos were recovered after the superovulation program. Scanning revealed that the complete luteolysis did not take place, and 7 small corpal luteal were still present on the right ovary and none were present on the left ovary. This is the 1st incidence that I have witnessed incomplete luteolysis, following prostaglandin treatment.

Testimonials

ReproDoc provide us with reproductive assessment of our cows prior to breeding – early non-pregnancy diagnosis, assessment of cows with reproductive problems, accurate ageing of pregnancies in particular where stock bulls are used towards the latter half of the breeding programmes and the sexing of pregnancies which is used from management of cows prior to calving to avoid calving difficulty. All scans are accurate which is most important. Prior to using Reprodoc, I had other men in scanning and did not get this accuracy which was a disaster.

Maurice Harty