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Landaeta-Hernández AJ, Ungerfeld R, Chenoweth PJ. Biostimulation and pheromones in livestock: A review. Anim Reprod Sci 2023; 248:107154. [PMID: 36495839 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2022.107154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This review examines aspects of the phenomenon of biostimulation in swine, goats, sheep, cattle and deer, to improve the collective knowledge and exploitation of its relevant mechanisms and effects in animal production. The long-term goal is to implement biostimulation strategies that benefit livestock reproduction and production while being both cost-effective and socially acceptable.
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- Universidad de la República, Facultad de Veterinaria, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- James Cook University, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences Townsville, Queensland 4814, Australia
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Choudhary S, Kamboj ML, Sahu D, Dutt S, Magotra A, Singh P, Kumar N, Ungerfeld R, Kotresh Prasad C. Effect of biostimulation on growth rate and reproductive development of Bos indicus dairy heifers. Trop Anim Health Prod 2022; 54:138. [PMID: 35312838 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-022-03129-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The present study aimed to compare the growth rate, feeding behavior, reproductive development, and concentrations of GH and leptin in Sahiwal heifers exposed to direct bull contact, bull contact through a fenceline, or isolated from bulls. Overall, 24 heifers were allotted to three treatment groups (n = eight/group) based on birth weight, body weight, and age. Heifers from the non-exposed group (NBE) remained isolated from bulls; heifers stimulated by fenceline bull contact (FBE) remained continuously exposed to bulls through a fenceline, and heifers with direct bull contact (DBE+FBE) had direct contact with a bull during 6 h/day plus continuous fenceline bull exposure for the entire 24 h period. It was considered that heifers attained puberty when progesterone concentration was >1 ng/mL. Biostimulated heifers achieved puberty at both a lower age and body weight (P < 0.05) than NBE heifers. Overall, average daily gain (g/day) was greater in DBE+FBE (516.3 ± 4.5) and FBE (501.6 ± 4.3) than in NBE (441.8 ± 2.9, respectively; P < 0.01). Leptin and growth hormone concentrations were significantly greater in FBE and DBE+FBE than NBE heifers. Both groups of biostimulated heifers devoted more time eating than NBE heifers, P < 0.05). In conclusion, biostimulation of Sahiwal heifers, either by exposing them to bulls through a fenceline or by both fenceline exposure and direct contact, reduced the age of puberty and increased growth performance. Overall, fenceline bull exposure can be recommended as an easy handling management to stimulate reproductive precocity and growth rate in heifers.
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- Sanjay Choudhary
- Livestock Production Management Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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- Livestock Production Management Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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- Livestock Production Management Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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- Livestock Production Management Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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- Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana, India
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- Livestock Production Management Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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- Livestock Production Management Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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- Departmento de Biociencias Veterinarias, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
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- Livestock Production Management Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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Choudhary S, Lal Kamboj M. Effect of bull biostimulation on the oestrous behaviour of pubertal Sahiwal (Bos indicus) heifers. Anim Reprod Sci 2019; 209:106149. [PMID: 31514934 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2019.106149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 06/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The study was conducted to determine effects of biostimulation of Sahiwal heifers through fenceline bull contact and fenceline combined with direct bull contact on oestrous behaviour when there was ovulation occurring in the absence of behavioural oestrus ("silent oestrus - SE) and overt behavioural oestrus (OBE). Prepubertal Sahiwal heifers were allotted to three treatments (T0, T1, T2, n = 8 heifers/treatment). In the T0 group, there was no bull exposure; in T1, exposure to a bull through fenceline contact for 24 h and in T2, exposure to a bull as in T1 along with direct bull contact with another bull for a 6 -h period daily. The oestrous behaviours were recorded on day (d) -3, -2 and -1 (prior to oestrus), d 0 (day of oestrus) and d +3, +2 and +1 (post-estrus). With both SE and OBE, the mean frequency of sniffing, micturition, chin resting and standing to be mounted differed (P < 0.05) from d -2 to d +1 among treatment groups. The mean times devoted to eating, ruminating and lying during SE and OBE were less (P < 0.05) on d-1 and d 0 in heifers of all three groups than the respective values on reference days in both T1 and T2 groups. Biostimulation of Sahiwal heifers with bull exposure, therefore, resulted in greater expression of oestrous behaviour than in non-exposed heifers during the periods around when there was SE and OBE.
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- Sanjay Choudhary
- Livestock Production Management Section, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India.
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- Livestock Production Management Section, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India.
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When is a cow in estrus? Clinical and practical aspects. Theriogenology 2010; 74:327-44. [PMID: 20363020 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2009] [Revised: 02/12/2010] [Accepted: 02/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Good detection of estrus is critically important in dairy husbandry. Incorrect detection of estrus is related to loss of profit due to extended calving intervals, milk loss, veterinary costs, etc. Detection of estrus remains a major problem despites enormous progress in the knowledge of reproductive physiology of the cow and in development of estrus detection aids. To achieve good estrus detection, many factors have to be taken into account. On one hand a cow has to express estrus and on the other hand the farmer has to detect it. Combined action of several hormones causes physiological changes that lead to ovulation and an environment in the uterus that allows sperm to fertilize the egg. Besides these internal actions, a number of external changes can be observed. When using visual observations, time of the day and time spend on observation have a great impact on detection rates. Many devices are available to aid in estrus detection, such as pedometers, mount devices, temperature, and hormone measurements. Expression of estrus can be influenced by many factors. Heritability, number of days postpartum, lactation number, milk production, and health are known to influence estrus expression. Environmental factors like nutrition, season, housing, herd size, etc. also play a role in estrus expression. To evaluate estrus detection, record keeping is very important; a number of formulas can be used to assess detection efficiency. Besides the farmer, the veterinarian and inseminator can play an important role in estrus confirmation and good insemination strategy. In the end, the time of ovulation and the age of the egg at sperm penetration is critical for conception. Therefore, emphasis in research needs to be on the timing of insemination relative to ovulation, and thus on the detection of ovulation.
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