Growth factors as subfertility targets in dairy cattle
May 2013, Vol.2, no.2
Research in the laboratory of Dr. Christopher A. Price, Centre de Recherche en Reproduction Animale (CRRA), Université de Montréal, has identified unusual antigrowth functions of a growth factor in the ovary.
Over the last 5 decades, the worldwide dairy industry has made significant gains in milk production and milk quality by genetic selection, however, these gains have led to a major problem: a significant decline in fertility. It was reported that the average herd 21-day pregnancy rate in Canadian dairy cattle is around 14% (Ambrose & Colazo, 2011).