7th Anestrus
7th Anestrus
Anoestrus (Definition)
1. Prepubertal anoestrus
Delayed puberty - due to undernutrition
Nutrition (Weight more important than age, heifers must attain ⅔ of adult wt.)
Bos taurus = 8-13 months
Pathological conditions of Reproductive tract
• Freemartin
• Hermaphrodite
• Aplasia
• Blue Tongue (oophoritis and ovarian atrophy)
• BVD-Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (oophoritis and ovarian atrophy)
General debilitating diseases (Chronic Pneumonia)
Management
• Faulty management, mixed age group (early < 8 & late > 13 both dangerous)
• Estrus detection failure
Classification
2. Postpartum anoestrus
• Physiological anoestrus for 2-3 weeks after parturition.
• PP anestrus duration is mostly directly proportional to the
status of uterine involution
• This duration is influenced by age, breed (local), environment,
genetic & delayed puberty
• Lactational stress
• Nutritional effects
• Uterine diseases RFM, metritis, pyometra etc.
• Chronic debilitating diseases such as leg injuries, displaced
abomasum or hardware disease.
3. Post service anoestrus (Postbreeding Anestrus)
• Pregnancy.
• Pyometra.
• Luteal cyst.
• Silent oestrus.
3rd type of classification
a) Persistant CL (Due to Pregnancy & Uterine abnormalities,
e.g., Pseudopregnancy-bitch, Pyometra, Mummification,
Maceration, lack of endometrial glands & segmental aplasia
of uterus)
b) Failure follicular development on the ovary (Due to
ovarian abnormalities, e.g., Hypoplasia, COD, Freemartin,
ovarian tumours)
c) Deficiency of Gonadotrophic Hormones (Season (↑
temp & daylight length), lactation (↑Prolactin), nutrition
(scarcity of fodder) & age)
Possible reasons of acyclicity in cows other than
suckling
• Visual encounter with the offspring
or
• Olfactory encounter with the offspring or
• Auditory encounter with offspring
or
• Combination of all of above
Anoestrus (Diagnosis)