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A Breeding Soundness Exam: Insurance for Your Breeding Season

2013-04-21 21:35:00| Beef

Les Anderson, University of Kentucky Extension beef specialist I received the call on a Monday. I seem to receive this call 6-8 times each year. This particular rancher had just finished getting his cows diagnosed for pregnancy. He had 43 falling-calving cows. Last fall, these cows were synchronized for artificial insemination (AI) and were exposed to one bull for about five weeks, and a second bull for seven weeks. Only 22 cows conceived and all of them conceived to the AI date. The first question I asked this rancher was the obvious one; did you get a breeding soundness exam (BSE) performed on your bulls? read more

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