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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 70, Issue 6 1795-1800, Copyright © 1992 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Performance of Bos indicus-influenced bulls in serving capacity tests and multiple-sire breeding groups

B. B. Carpenter, D. W. Forrest, L. R. Sprott, A. Rocha, D. E. Hawkins, J. R. Beverly, H. E. Hawkins and N. R. Parish
Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843.

Three experiments were conducted with Santa Gertrudis (SG) or F1 (Gelbvieh x SG or Red Angus x SG) bulls to assess factors that influence copulatory activity and fertility of Bos indicus-influenced genotypes. In Exp. 1, 3-yr-old SG bulls (n = 20) with sexual experience and 20-mo-old virgin SG bulls (n = 34) were allotted in a split-plot design (age, bull within age group, test day, and heifer treatment). Number of mounts (Mt), intromissions (I), and ejaculations (E) were measured 14 d apart during two 30-min serving capacity (SC) tests. Estrus was either induced via progesterone+estradiol cypionate (PE) injections or synchronized with Syncro-Mate B (SMB). There were more (P less than .05) I and E on Test d 2 than on Test d 1. Heifers treated with SMB received more (P less than .001) Mt, I, and E than did heifers treated with PE. Sixteen 20-mo-old bulls from Exp. 1 were allotted to breeding pastures at a bull:heifer ratio of 4:119 +/- 3 for 50 d in Exp. 2. Breeding pasture treatments either included or excluded low-SC bulls. Neither pregnancy rate nor least squares mean day of conception differed between treatments. Experiment 3 evaluated copulatory activity with a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement (breed and test day) in 14- to 16-mo-old SG (n = 45) and F1 (n = 16) bulls. The F1 bulls had more Mt, I, and E than did the SG bulls (P less than .05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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