Abstract

The last decades have seen vast increases in dairy cow milk yield. At the same time, fertility rates are deteriorating, partly due to depressed estrous behavior, which makes it difficult for farmers to determine the optimal time for artificial insemination. Synthetic pheromones could possibly provide novel reproductive management tools. Much work has been done in this interesting field, but results vary greatly and bovine pheromones remain elusive. The aim herein is to provide an overview about bovine pheromones with emphasis on modifications of the estrous cycle.

Published in

Title: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13
ISBN: 978-3-319-22025-3, eISBN: 978-3-319-22026-0
Publisher: Springer

Conference

SLU Authors

• Nordéus, Kristina

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Båge, Renee

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Gustafsson, Hans

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Växa Sverige

• Glinwood, Robert

  • Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Söderquist, Lennart

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Other Veterinary Science


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22026-0_4

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/84728