joe":3547dnty said:I talked to my sister today, (Antonio TX area) she says they had a train wreck at preg check time, vet says it's wide spread due to the heat and drought this year? anyone heard anything similar?
The problem lies not only with the bulls but the cows at implantation time, about 2 weeks after conception or there abouts. A high temp or higg humidity causes failures to implant and can cause the implanted embryo ot slough beacuse of a poor environment. What it boils down to is that it isn;t just the leading up to and actual breeding date that causes poor preg rates, it's the time frame following it also. With the fairly common May-June breeding period it gets to be a relatively common problem.Green Creek":9gd375xx said:Vet said hot weather was hard on the bulls sperm count.
dun":xf7y31gs said:The problem lies not only with the bulls but the cows at implantation time, about 2 weeks after conception or there abouts. A high temp or higg humidity causes failures to implant and can cause the implanted embryo ot slough beacuse of a poor environment. What it boils down to is that it isn;t just the leading up to and actual breeding date that causes poor preg rates, it's the time frame following it also. With the fairly common May-June breeding period it gets to be a relatively common problem.Green Creek":xf7y31gs said:Vet said hot weather was hard on the bulls sperm count.
dun