Topics - Dairy Cattle Reproduction

National Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) reproduction resources

• Managing Reproductive Performance During Times of Heat Stress (2 pages, 148 KB)
• Tips to Improve Conception Rates (2 pages, 88 KB)
• Top 10 Places Successful Reproductive Managers Focus their Time (5 pages, 172 KB)

Double Ovsynch Information

• Slides of the Double Ovsynch schedule and comparison with Presynch Ovsynch (3 slides, 364 KB).

Download a pdf of the full peer-reviewed Double Ovsynch paper here.

Artificial Insemination

• Assessment of AI and embryo transfer technique using transrectal ultrasonography (2 pages, 23.7 KB)

Technologies to Alter Calf Sex Ratio

• Sex-Sorted Semen Survey 2007 Slide Set (29 pages, 10.7 MB) 2007 Wisconsin dairy producer survey summary.
  Ryan Sterry, Denise Brusveen, Kent Weigel, and Paul Fricke
• Sex-Sorted Semen Survey 2007 Fact Sheet (2 pages, 342 KB) 2007 Wisconsin dairy producer survey summary.
  Denise Brusveen, Ryan Sterry, Kent Weigel, and Paul Fricke
• Can We Change the Sex Ratio in Dairy Calves? (52 slides, 852 KB) 2005 Wisconsin Road Show slide set.
  Paul Fricke and Kent Weigel