Practice Approach To The Infertile Cow

Abstract

While infertility may be due to a number of diseases which may affect several cows in the herd or to traceable management errors, the following discussion will focus on the infertile cow which:l. has had a minumum of three infertile services2. has normal estrous cycles with normal intervals between services3. is free from gross genital abnormalities detectable by rectal palpation4. is free from abnormal discharges from the genital tract5. has had a minimum of one calving to exclude congenital anomalies preventing conception6. is no older than 10 years, to excluded infertility resulting from senility