Check out our Reproduction Resource Center at dairyherd.com, the online source for information on dairy reproduction.

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Beware of trichomoniasis (Repro Management/Conception & Fertility)
A dairy herd in the state of Washington recently received some unwelcome news during its investigation into the causes of some pyometras in cows (cows with a pus-filled uterus and a corpus luteum on an ovary).
 
Check out the summer AI bull census (Genetics/Heat Detection & AI/Repro Management)
Latest list ranks available AI sires on milk, fat and protein values. 

Genetic progress forges ahead (Genetics/Repro Management)
The modern dairy cow is a remarkable feat of genetic progress.

Mastitis makes more than milk quality suffer (Repro Management/Conception & Fertility)
Learn more about the link between reproduction and udder health.

Improve heifer conception rates (Repro Management/Conception & Fertility/Repro Technologies/Sychronization)
New 5-day CIDR-synch may increase heifer pregnancies.

Know the risk factors for metritis (Repro Management)
Check for these signs of this costly disease.

New research links the leptin gene and perinatal mortality (Repro Management)
Check out what the lead researchers had to say about the discovery and its potential implications within the dairy industry.

The Drost Project has moved (Repro Management)
This reproduction guide offers a myriad of images to help understand this important biological function for several animal species.

Metritis can mean more days open (Repro Management/Conception & Fertility)
This disease can have longer-term effects that just problems in early lactation.