Bhagat RL¹*, Syed Meraj Ahmed Ismail², Joshi SA¹, Sontakke SH¹ and Khadse JR¹

¹BAIF, Central Research Station, Uruli Kanchan, Pune, India
²BISLD, Southern region, Hyderabad HQ, India

*Corresponding Author: Bhagat RL, BAIF, Central Research Station, Uruli Kanchan, Pune, India.

Received: December 05, 2023 Published: January 23, 2024

Abstract

The present study was planned to investigate the factors associated with the performance of sexed-sorted semen in cattle from Southern states of India. For the present investigation data were collected from the jurisdiction of 197 Cattle Development Centres (CDC) operated by the BISLD South region. A total of 11,510 sex-sorted semen artificial inseminations (SSS A.I.) were performed from July 2016 to August 2023 on 10,576 cattle owned by 8,154 farmers spread over 178 tehsils of 36 districts from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka Southern states of India. The effect of animal breed, lactation order, bull breed used for SSS A.I., Heat stage at the time of SSS A.I., animal body condition score, SSS A.I. season, the economic condition of an animal owner, bull source and variation among the states due to feed, fodder availability and managemental aspects was assessed. Logistic regression was used to compute the odds ratio and probability of conception rate. The results revealed that the overall mean conception rate was 42.77±0.01 percent, and it was recorded significantly higher in animals from Andhra Pradesh state (46.42%), Jersey crossbreed cows (44.06%), animals in fifth lactation (55.70%), animals bred with Jersey 75% bulls semen (48.68%), animals having occurrence of mid heat stage (46.01%), animals having two ribs exposed (44.39%), animals owned by BPL families (44.27%) compared with the corresponding group of respective factors. The overall female-to-male sex ratio was 92:8. The bull breed-wise female-to-male sex ratio for Gir was 87:13, for each breed of Sahiwal, HF100%, and Jersey100% sex ratio was 90:10. The sex ratio of HF75% bulls was equivalent to the imported HF purebred bulls (92:8). Imported Jersey purebred bulls recorded a female-to-male sex ratio of 91:9 and the highest female births (96%) were recorded from Jersey75% bulls. Logistic regression analysis of data showed that state, animal breed, lactation order, the bull breed used for SSS A.I., heat stage at the time of SSS A.I., animals body condition score, economic status of an animal owner and bull source had a significant effect on conception rate, however, SSS A.I. season did not affect conception rate of sexed sorted semen in animals from Southern states of India.

Keywords: Sexed-sorted semen, Southern States, Cattle, SSS Artificial Insemination, Sex ratio, Breed-wise sex ratio, Logistic Regression.

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Citation

Citation: Bhagat RL., et al.“Factors associated with the performance of sex-sorted semen in cattle from Southern states of India".Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences 6.2 (2024): 93-99.

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