EFFECT OF UTERINE LAVAGE ON BACTERIAL COUNT AND CONCEPTION RATE IN REPEAT BREEDER CROSSBRED COWS

Authors

  • N CHANDRA SEKHAR REDDY Department of Animal Reproduction, Gynaecology and Obstetrics College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati- 517 502, A.P
  • K V BRAMHAIAH
  • K SUBRAMANYAM NAIDU
  • A JAGADEESH BABU
  • R V SURESH KUMAR

Keywords:

Repeat breeder, Uterine lavage, Uterine infection

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out to study the effect of uterine lavage on reduction of uterine infection
and infertility in 24 repeat breeder crossbred cows. After treatment of these cows with either antibiotics or uterine
lavage or uterine lavage+antibiotics or control at estrus, the number of bacterial colony counts were not different
significantly among the groups but significant within the group. Same has resulted in a conception rate of 66.66,
66.66, 83.33 and 16.67%, respectively.

Published

2023-01-16

How to Cite

REDDY, N.C.S., BRAMHAIAH, K.V., NAIDU, K.S., BABU, A.J., & KUMAR, R.V.S. (2023). EFFECT OF UTERINE LAVAGE ON BACTERIAL COUNT AND CONCEPTION RATE IN REPEAT BREEDER CROSSBRED COWS. The Indian Journal of Animal Reproduction, 33(1), 59–62. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/ijar/article/view/4471