EFFICACY OF CLOMIPHENE CITRATE TO INDUCE ESTRUS AND SUBSEQUENT FERTILITY IN DAIRY CATTLE

R.R. PADHER¹*, M.G. PRAJAPATI², Y.R. PATEL³, A.A. PRAJAPATI⁴, J.H. CHAUDHARY^5
1Veterinary Officer, Mobile Veterinary Dispensary Vansda, Animal Husbandry Department, Navsari, 396580, Gujarat
²Deputy Director Animal Husbandry, District Panchayat Navsari, Animal Husbandry Department, Navsari, 396580, Gujarat
³Veterinary Officer, Mobile Veterinary Dispensary Vansda, Animal Husbandry Department, Navsari, 396580, Gujarat
⁴Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Dispensary Vansda, Animal Husbandry Department Navsari, 396580, Gujarat
⁵Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 001, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : radhapadher@gmail.com

Received : 16-03-2018     Accepted : 23-03-2018     Published : 30-03-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 6       Pages : 5503 - 5504
Int J Agr Sci 10.6 (2018):5503-5504

Keywords : Clomiphene citrate, cow, heifer, anestrus
Academic Editor : Dr Rahul Singh Arya
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to The Deputy Director Animal Husbandry, District Panchayat Navsari, Animal Husbandry Department, Navsari, 396580, Gujarat.
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The dairy and livestock sector play a very important role in national economy of India. The present study was taken up to ascertain the incidence of anestrus in dairy cattle and its management of Navsari/district Vansda taluka of the south Gujarat region. A total of 60 case reported of anestrus of cow and heifer and treated with Ivermectin @ 1 ml per 50 kg body weight subcutaneously and initial treatment with injection vitamin AD3E, 5 ml I/M, injection Tonophosphan 20% w/v per ml @ 5 ml I/M and then treated with clomiphene citrate bolus. Among them 49 cow/heifer responded to clomiphene citrate bolus and comes in heat at 5th day of treatment.

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