Table 2. Conception rate according to corpus luteum size, coexistent follicle size, and embryo transfer method (n = 96)
Group1) | E2/P4 | 2FTET | J-synch | No. of pregnant cow/total | Pregnancy rates (%) |
No. of cow | % | No. of cow | % | No. of cow | % |
Only CL | -2) | - | 1/5 | 20.0 | 1/2 | 50.0 | 2/7 | 28.6 |
CL+MF | -2) | - | 1/1 | 100.0 | 0/2 | 0.0 | 1/3 | 33.3 |
CL+LF3) | 4/72) | 57.1 | 21/56 | 37.5 | 12/23 | 52.2 | 37/86 | 43.0 |
Total | 4/72) | 57.1 | 23/62 | 37.1 | 13/27 | 48.1 | 40/96 | 41.7 |
Only CL, only the corpus luteum is present in the left or right ovary; CL + MF, medium (5–10 mm) coexistent follicle with corpus luteum; CL + LF, large (> 10 mm) coexistent follicle with corpus luteum.
A total of 28 cows were vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease three days after the embryo transfer and were therefore excluded from the experiment.
A total of 21 cows belonging to the large follicle and X groups did not undergo embryo transfer.
E2/P4, estradiol/progesterone; FTET, fixed-time embryo transfer.