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An assessment
of the reproductive performance of estrus
synchronized West African Dwarf (WAD) does using
medroxyl-progestrone
acetate (MPA)
Imasuen, J.
A.* and Ikhimioya,
I.
Department of Animal Science, Ambrose Alli University,
Ekpoma, Nigeria.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
basicimage4u@yahoo.com.
Accepted 27 November, 2008 |
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This study was carried out
to assess the reproductive performance of cycling West
African Dwarf does as well as to assess the efficacy of
medroxyl-progestrone acetate, an estrus synchronizing drug,
that has the advantage of
being
administered orally and intramuscularly. The experiment was
laid out in a completely randomized design using 40 cycling
does divided into five experi-mental
treatment
groups.
The
results of the experiment show that estrus behavior in the
does was significantly (P<0.05) influenced
by the dosage and route of drug
administration. On the other hand, other reproductive traits
asse-ssed such as gestation length
(days), litter size at birth, birth weight of kids (Kg) and
weaning weight (Kg) were not significantly (P>0.05) affected
by the drug. These results show that there is good prospect
in the use of medroxyl-progestrone acetate orally and
intramuscularly in synchronizing estrus in cycling WAD does.
Key words:
Reproductive performance, estrus synchronization, medroxyl-progesterone
acetate, goat. |
