STUDIES ON PHYSICO-BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ESTRUAL CERVICO-VAGINAL MUCUS WITH REFERENCE TO BODY CONDITION SCORE AND FERTILITY IN GIR COWS
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2010
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
The present investigation was carried out during November 2009 to April 2010 on
50 Gir cows (10= normal cyclic, 20=repeat breeder and 20=induced estrus cows) from
Livestock Research Station, AAU, Anand and Heifers Development Project of the Baroda
District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd., Itola (Vadodara) as well as private
farms of Anand district of Gujarat. Further all three groups were divided into two
subgroups, conceived and non-conceived. The study included evaluation of physicobiochemical
properties of estrual cervico-vaginal mucus (CVM) collected by standard
procedure and their relationships with the body condition scores and fertility of cows
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Veterinary Gynecology, Studies