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Beef Cattle Repro
Beef Cattle Repro
Jason Ahola
PhD Graduate Student
Follicles and
New Corpus
Luteum
Reproductive
Tract Mature Corpus
Luteum
Anatomy
Physiology
Ovary
Corpus
Luteum
Insemination Timeline
Sperm Viability
12 to 30 h
Ova viability
sperm transport
6h 8 to 12 h
24 - 32 h
Onset of E strus Ovulation
Synchronization
Estrous Cycle
New CL Fol. Size
Mature CL Present
Forming & CL Size
Progesterone (P 4)
Hormone Level
Estradiol (E2)
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 1
P4 Ovulation
Ovarian
Attretic (Die)
Follicular
Pool
Single Injection w/ Post-Breeding
Inject Turn in
PGF2 Bulls
Day 0 Day 5
P4 Ovulation
Ovarian
Attretic (Die)
Follicular
Pool
Select Synch
GnRH PGF2
injection
injection
Day 0 Day 7
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