Climate factors affecting fertility after cervical insemination during the first months of the breeding season in Rasa Aragonesa ewes
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- 作者：P. Santolaria (1)
J. Yániz (1)
E. Fantova (2)
S. Vicente-Fiel (1)
I. Palacín (1) - 关键词：Fertility ; Heat stress ; Artificial insemination ; Sheep
- 刊名：International Journal of Biometeorology
- 出版年：2014
- 出版时间：September 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：58
- 期：7
- 页码：1651-1655
- 全文大小：127 KB
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J. Yániz (1)
E. Fantova (2)
S. Vicente-Fiel (1)
I. Palacín (1)
1. Institute of Environmental Science, Department of Animal Science, University of Zaragoza, Ctra. Cuarte s/n, 22071, Huesca, Spain
2. UPRA-Grupo Pastores, Zaragoza, Spain - ISSN：1432-1254
文摘
This study was carried out to examine the impact of several climate variables on the pregnancy rate after cervical artificial insemination (AI) of Rasa Aragonesa ewes. Data were derived from 8,977 inseminations in 76 well-managed flocks performed during the first month of the breeding season (July to October). The following data were recorded for each animal: farm, year, month of AI, parity, lambing–treatment interval, inseminating ram, AI technician, and climatic variables such as mean, maximum and minimum temperature, mean and maximum relative humidity, rainfall, and mean and maximum temperature–humidity index (THI) for each day from day 12 before AI to day 14 post-AI. Means were furthermore calculated for the following periods around AI (day 0): ?2 to 0, ? to 0, AI day, 0 to 2, and 0 to 14. Logistic regression analysis indicated that the likelihood of pregnancy decreased when maximum temperature in the 2?days prior to AI was higher than 30?°C (by a factor of 0.81). Fertility was also lower for primiparous ewes and in multiparous ewes with more than five previous parturitions. Other factors with significant impact on fertility were flock, technician, inseminating ram, and a lambing–AI interval longer than 240?days. It was concluded that the 2?days prior to AI seems to be the period when heat stress had the greatest impact on pregnancy rate in Rasa Aragonesa ewes.