Latest News From Dairy Reproduction

Just because a heifer can get pregnant to calve at 21 months doesn’t necessarily mean she should be bred that early.

Veterinarians have at least eight options for doing a cesarean section (c-section) in cattle, but most rely on only one.

Progesterone is key to maintaining a healthy pregnancy.

Breeding a subset of the dairy herd to beef sires is a growing trend in the U.S. dairy business.

Simply producing a black calf if not enough if the dairy industry wants to make permanent inroads into successful crossbreeding.

Here we count down the top 10 reproduction articles that made dairy headlines in 2019.

After incurring the investment to raise a heifer to freshening age, a difficult calving is the last thing you want as she attempts to enter the milking string.

Every producer knows that dreaded feeling when you find a cow who once was pregnant suddenly show up as “open.”

Here are protocols to follow for a timed AI program.

These innovative management tools have already made an impact on the industry.

Most early lactation high producing cows are in negative energy balance because the demand for energy exceeds the energy the cow is able to consume.

The cause traces back to basic cow physiology, milk production and feed intake.

Inflammation creates additional stress at calving.

Could too many ovarian follicles, at too young of an age, mean a shortened herd life for dairy females? Researchers at Michigan State University think it’s a possibility.