The heat is on: accurate heat detection is the key to a successful Al program

摘要

Accurate heat detection is the key to a successful AI program. How successful is your AI program? Getting the results you'd hoped for? If not, success may be just around the comer. The most limiting factor in a successful AI program lies in the accuracy of heat detection. Pregnancy rate is usually the measure of a successful AI program. Pregnancy rates, however, are deter mined by a combination of accurate heat detection, inseminator efficiency, female fertility and semen fertility, with heat detection being the most important. "The most fertile semen and the best inseminator in the world can't overcome the problems of inseminating cows at the wrong time," says Tom Geary, a researcher with USDA's Agricultural Research Service at Fort Keogh in MilesCity, MT.