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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 1035023" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>I've used literally tens of thousands of units of the stuff and most of it was on lactating dairy cows and most were TAI. Your best option is far and away heifers and even then you'll be off some but you can get cows pregnant with it. I have one large herd where most of it went that averaged three services per conception on wet cows at sixty days in milk. That's WAY better than most people's results but it can be done. I used it across the board as in no picking and choosing just every cow that fit the timeframe got it. There was a lot more early embroyonic death with it as compared to conventional. </p><p>You'll want to be picky about who you buy it from. Some companies have cheapened it by running the sorter at a faster pace and the result is higher conception(since there's a bunch more semen in the straw) but lower accuracy(since a bunch of male semen gets by). Don't waste your money on low accuracy stuff. You'd come out with more heifers by using conventional and getting more cattle pregnant. </p><p>Personally, I wouldn't touch the stuff for beef cattle. The economics of it don't make sense to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 1035023, member: 14661"] I've used literally tens of thousands of units of the stuff and most of it was on lactating dairy cows and most were TAI. Your best option is far and away heifers and even then you'll be off some but you can get cows pregnant with it. I have one large herd where most of it went that averaged three services per conception on wet cows at sixty days in milk. That's WAY better than most people's results but it can be done. I used it across the board as in no picking and choosing just every cow that fit the timeframe got it. There was a lot more early embroyonic death with it as compared to conventional. You'll want to be picky about who you buy it from. Some companies have cheapened it by running the sorter at a faster pace and the result is higher conception(since there's a bunch more semen in the straw) but lower accuracy(since a bunch of male semen gets by). Don't waste your money on low accuracy stuff. You'd come out with more heifers by using conventional and getting more cattle pregnant. Personally, I wouldn't touch the stuff for beef cattle. The economics of it don't make sense to me. [/QUOTE]
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