EFFECT OF THE SIZE OF THE DOMINANT FOLLICLE AND THE USE OF GnRH AT THE TIME OF THE TAI, ON THE PREGNANCY RATE OF BUFFALO.
REPRODUCTION, MARAJÓ, BUFFALOES
ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN BUFFALOES HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED EVERY DAY, AS A FUNDAMENTAL TOOL IN THE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF MILK AND BEEF, HOWEVER, STILL SUFFERING A BIG VARIATION IN RESULTS, INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT FACTORS. THEREFORE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WILL BE TO ESTABLISH THE INFLUENCE OF FACTORS AS THE SIZE OF THE DOMINANT FOLLICLE IN THE PREGNANCY RATE OF BUFFALOES, AS WELL AS TO EVALUATE THE INFLUENCE OF THE USE OF GnRH AT THE TIME OF TAI. 200 BUFFALOES WILL BE USED, MULTIPLE, MANAGED IN NATIVE AND CULTIVATED PASTURES, WITH MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION AND WATER WILL. THE ANIMALS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE OVULATION SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOL AND AT THE TIME OF THE TAI, THE DOMINANT FOLLICLE WILL BE MEASURED, WITH THE USE OF ULTRASOUND. ANIMALS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO 4 GROUPS ACCORDING TO THE SIZE OF THE DOMINANT FOLLICLE AND THE APPLICATION OR NOT OF GnRH. GROUP 1, ANIMALS WITH A DOMINANT FOLLICLE GREATER THAN 13 MM IN DIAMETER, WITH GnRH APPLICATION; GROUP 2, ANIMALS WITH A DOMINANT FOLLICLE GREATER THAN 13 MM IN DIAMETER, WITHOUT GnRH APPLICATION; GROUP 3, ANIMALS WITH A DOMINANT FOLLICLE LESS THAN 13 MM, WITH APPLICATION OF GnRH; GROUP 4, ANIMALS WITH DOMINANT FOLLICLE LESS THAN 13 MM, WITHOUT GnRH APPLICATION. THIRTY DAYS AFTER TAI THE ANIMALS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS FOR ASSESSING THE PREGNANCY RATE. DATA WILL BE TABLED ON ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEETS AND ASSESSED BY THE SAS UNIVERSITY EDITION STATISTICAL PROGRAM AND SUBMITTED TO THE QUI-SQUARE STATISTICAL TEST WITH 5% SIGNIFICANCE.