“…Hormonal and metabolic changes during the peri‐parturient period and especially after calving have an important impact on post‐partum follicular development and ovulation (Hussein, Senosy, & Abdellah, ; Prakash et al., ; Terzano, Barile, & Borghese, ). Earlier development of a large follicle has been associated with better resumption of ovarian activity and resulted in effective reproductive performance (Malik et al., ; Yindee et al., ; Yotov & Atanasov, ). The reported intervals between calving and initiation of follicular activity in buffaloes varied from 7 days (Presicce, Bella, Terzano, De Santis, & Senatore, ), 10 days (Lohan, Malik, & Kaker, ), 14 days (Hussein et al., ) to 30 days (Usmani, Dailey, & Inskeep, ).…”