Effect of embryo quality on pregnancy outcome in recipient cows and heifers

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/jhvms.24171
Keywords:
Embryo transfer embryo quality pregnancy rate cows heifers
U. KARA
Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
S. ÇOBAN
Food Control Laboratory Directorate, Adana, Turkey
E. SAY
Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
H. HIZLI
Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
H. MUTLU
Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
Y. NAK
Uludağ University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bursa, Turkey
H. SAĞIRKAYA
Uludağ University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Reproduction and Insemination, Bursa, Turkey
T. AYAŞAN
Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Kadirli Academy of Applied Sciences, Osmaniye, Turkey
M.A. ÇOŞKUN
Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
A. ASARKAYA
Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
H.E. ERTEN
Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
İ YILMAZ
Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
E. YAZGAN
Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
İ.E. ERDOĞAN
Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
Z.M. ERTEN
Food Control Laboratory Directorate, Adana, Turkey
Ş. ERGÜL
Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
F. SERT
Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
Abstract

This study was performed to compare the effects of embryo quality on pregnancy outcome in recipient cows and heifers. Embryos obtained from 83 Holstein donors were used in the study. In order to synchronize the recipients, 500 μg of cloprostenol were administered intramuscularly (i.m.), twice, at an interval of 11 days. In all recipients, one embryo was transferred to the upper 1/3 of the uterine horn ipsilateral to the ovary with the corpus luteum on the 7th day after oestrus onset (day 0). Each recipient received an i.m. injection of 5 μg of buserelin at the time ofembryo transfer. Pregnancy examinations were performed by ultrasonography on the day 30th post-transfer. A total of 345 (262 grade 1, 64 grade 2 and 19 grade 3) fresh embryos were transferred to 171 recipient cows and 174 recipient heifers. The pregnancy rates of the recipient cows and heifers were 41.52% and 52.29%, respectively (p<0.05).The pregnancy rates achieved with first, second and third quality grade embryos were 45.16%, 25.0% and 12.5% in the cows (p<0.05), and 55.11%, 41.66% and 54.54% in the heifers (p>0.05), respectively. In conclusion, the pregnancy rates was significantly higher in heifers than in cows (p<0.05) and, the embryo quality had a significant impact on recipient pregnancy outcome (p<0.05). The effect of embryo quality on pregnancy was significant in cows (p<0.05), but not significant in heifers (p>0.05).

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