2003, Cilt 19, Sayı 1-2, Sayfa(lar) 005-010
Fertility Traits in Brown Swiss Herd at Konya Animal Research Institute
Şeref İnal1, Muammer Tilki2, Mehmet Çolak3, Seyit Ümitli3
1Selçuk Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi, Zootekni Anabıiim Dalı, KONYA
2Kafkas Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi, Zootekni Anabilim Dalı, KARS
3Hayvancılık Araştırma Enstitüsü, KONYA
Keywords: Brown Swiss, Fertility Traits
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This study was investigated the levels of some reproductive characters of Brown Swiss cattle which are at Konya Animal Research institute. Data of 230 cows within the period from 1990 to 1999 were analyzed The average of age at first insemination was 20.8 month, age at first calving was 32.7 month, conception rate was 80.04 %, birth rate was 93.31 %, anoestrus rate was 4.46 %, percentage of abortions was 2,23 %, premature btrth and slill birth were 1.67 and 1 81 %, twinning rate was 0.97 the number of insemination per conception was 1.76. calving interval was 382.5 day, gestation length was 286.5 day. service period was 124.0 day. the interval from parturition to first insemination was 72,5 day, the interval from first insemination to conception was 47.7 day. As a results, these fertility trails in Brown Swiss herd at Konya Animal Research Institute indicated a good reproductive performance.