2016
DOI: 10.18805/ar.v37i2.10741
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Strategies for attaining early puberty in cattle and buffalo: A review

Abstract: Puberty is a period at which sexually organs are functionally developed and animals become able to release the gametes. A cow maturing at early age will also calve at early age and produces more milk in her life time. Delayed sexual maturity has a profound effect on the economics of dairy farm. The objective of this review is to study factors affecting age at puberty. Many factors like species, genetic potentiality or breed, plane of nutrition, growth, body weight, role of different hormones, health and other … Show more

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“…An important cue for the initiation of bone maturity is the increase in oestrogen at puberty in both females and males [ 6 ]. In cattle, the common definition of puberty is the onset of regular oestrous cycles for heifers, and the production of viable semen for bulls, both indicative of the animal developing the maturity to reproduce [ 7 , 8 ]. For cattle, puberty is attained when animals reach approximately 48–51% of their mature body weight [ 9 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…An important cue for the initiation of bone maturity is the increase in oestrogen at puberty in both females and males [ 6 ]. In cattle, the common definition of puberty is the onset of regular oestrous cycles for heifers, and the production of viable semen for bulls, both indicative of the animal developing the maturity to reproduce [ 7 , 8 ]. For cattle, puberty is attained when animals reach approximately 48–51% of their mature body weight [ 9 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The bull as the source of semen production should have fit performance to ensure producing continuously semen with standardized volume and quality. The age and body of cattle are known to affect the semen production and quality, especially during puberty phase, although the high effect of the birth weight on the semen production was also reported (Gupta et al, 2016).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Puberty is a period at which sexually organs functionally developed and animals become able to release the gametes by first ovulation. 804 Puberty is also defined as when ovulation is accompanied by visual signs of estrus and subsequent normal luteal function. 805 Although puberty and initiation of normal estrous cycle are complex events that require maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis, it has been well documented that nutrition, age and genetics are regulators of age at puberty.…”
Section: Age At Puberty In Heifersmentioning
confidence: 99%