Benefits and Risks of Preventing Twin Pregnancies

Clinical problems associated with twin pregnancies have been well established, and twin births are now considered undesirable or even disastrous for the dairy cattle industry and the individual cow. The high incidence of early fetal loss, abortion during the mid-lactation period, dystocia, stillbirt...

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Autores: García Ispierto, Irina, López Gatius, Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010148
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Palabra clave:Twinning
Additional corpus luteum
Pregnancy loss
Bovine
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spelling Benefits and Risks of Preventing Twin PregnanciesGarcía Ispierto, IrinaLópez Gatius, FernandoTwinningAdditional corpus luteumPregnancy lossBovineClinical problems associated with twin pregnancies have been well established, and twin births are now considered undesirable or even disastrous for the dairy cattle industry and the individual cow. The high incidence of early fetal loss, abortion during the mid-lactation period, dystocia, stillbirth, and placenta retention should be considered a preventable consequence of management, as these disorders greatly compromise the welfare and productive lifespan of a cow carrying or delivering twins. The use of sexed semen generates herd replacements and additional heifers, so a proposed strategy for twin pregnancy prevention is the transfer of a single in vitro-produced female beef cow embryo to cows not suitable for producing replacements. Another proposed strategy is drainage at insemination of co-dominant follicles to prevent twin pregnancies in cows with genetic merit. As a result, embryo survival should improve, economic losses associated with twin pregnancies will be prevented, beef output from the herd will be increased, and the health and welfare of the cow will certainly benefit. In this review, the clinical prospects of preventing or avoiding twin pregnancies using both procedures are discussed.This research was funded by the project “01.02.01 de Transferència Tecnològica del Programa de desenvolupament rural de Catalunya 2014-2020”, procedure numbers 19005 and N20016.MDPI2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010148http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/70444reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010148Animals, 2021, vol. 11, núm. 1, p. 148cc-by, (c) García Ispierto et al., 2021info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/704442026-06-24T12:42:17Z
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title Benefits and Risks of Preventing Twin Pregnancies
spellingShingle Benefits and Risks of Preventing Twin Pregnancies
García Ispierto, Irina
Twinning
Additional corpus luteum
Pregnancy loss
Bovine
title_short Benefits and Risks of Preventing Twin Pregnancies
title_full Benefits and Risks of Preventing Twin Pregnancies
title_fullStr Benefits and Risks of Preventing Twin Pregnancies
title_full_unstemmed Benefits and Risks of Preventing Twin Pregnancies
title_sort Benefits and Risks of Preventing Twin Pregnancies
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García Ispierto, Irina
López Gatius, Fernando
author García Ispierto, Irina
author_facet García Ispierto, Irina
López Gatius, Fernando
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Twinning
Additional corpus luteum
Pregnancy loss
Bovine
topic Twinning
Additional corpus luteum
Pregnancy loss
Bovine
description Clinical problems associated with twin pregnancies have been well established, and twin births are now considered undesirable or even disastrous for the dairy cattle industry and the individual cow. The high incidence of early fetal loss, abortion during the mid-lactation period, dystocia, stillbirth, and placenta retention should be considered a preventable consequence of management, as these disorders greatly compromise the welfare and productive lifespan of a cow carrying or delivering twins. The use of sexed semen generates herd replacements and additional heifers, so a proposed strategy for twin pregnancy prevention is the transfer of a single in vitro-produced female beef cow embryo to cows not suitable for producing replacements. Another proposed strategy is drainage at insemination of co-dominant follicles to prevent twin pregnancies in cows with genetic merit. As a result, embryo survival should improve, economic losses associated with twin pregnancies will be prevented, beef output from the herd will be increased, and the health and welfare of the cow will certainly benefit. In this review, the clinical prospects of preventing or avoiding twin pregnancies using both procedures are discussed.
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