Synchronization programs in dairy heifers: push the gas pedal when needed!
Published:March 7, 2014
Summary
Reproduction performance in lactating dairy cows is frequently not ideal and tends to fluctuate throughout the year due to many different factors, but particularly heat stress. In herds in which cows undergo sustained heat stress periods, the number of pregnancies that can be generated in the lactating animals in a weekly basis is dramatically reduced during warmer months. The figure below repres...