Abstract
Thirty dairy cows exhibiting both nymphomania and cystic ovaries — 15 unilateral and 15 bilateral — were injected intravenously with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) over a twentyfold dose range, varying from 1.1 to 22.0 IU/kg (0.5 to 10.0 IU/1b) body weight to determine its efficacy of inducing ovulation and subsequent fertilization. Ovulation of cystic and/or noncystic follicles was induced in 28 cows (93.3%), with a higher rate among those with unilateral than bilateral cysts whether based on total (32 vs 22) or mean (2.1 vs 1.5) number of ovulations. While ovulations per cow varied from zero to three, no correlation between dose level of hCG and number of ovulations was evident. Time of ovulation following hCG injection did not differ significantly between unilaterally and bilaterally cystic cows nor between cystic and noncystic follicles, ranging from 23 to 31 ± 1 hr and averaging 27.3 ± 1 hr postinjection. A significant difference was found between unilaterally and bilaterally cystic cows in the occurrence of fertilized (11:1), unfertilized (11:6), degenerate (2:2), and unrecovered (8:11) ova.
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