PREVALENCE OF VARIOUS ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR CAUSING INFERTILITY IN COWS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA

A total of 1161 animals were examined in 60 clinical camps for detection of gynecological problems. Among those animals, 930 (80.10%) animals were infertile due to different reproductive disorders and 231 (19.89%) animals were either normal cyclic (55; 4.74%) or were found pregnant/recently calved (176; 15.16%). Out of 930 affected animals 899 were infertile (77.43%) or were suffering with different miscellaneous reproductive disorders (31; 2.67%). Among 899 infertile animals, 445 (38.33%) animals were repeat breeders, 454 (39.10%) were anestrus. In 445 repeat breeder animals, 319 (27.48%), 59 (5.08%), 18 (1.55%) and 49 (4.22%) animals were suffering with endometritis, cervical pathologies, fallopian tube defects and prolonged estrus, respectively. Out of 454 anestrus animals, 63 (5.43%) were silent estrus and 391 (33.68%) cases were of inactive ovaries.