Aquapuncture therapy of repeat breeding in dairy XXXX .

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Repeat breeders cause great economic loss in dairy herds. This study determined the efficacy of simple aquapuncture therapy (acupuncture combined with injection) to treat repeat breeders in two dairy herds (one in Hsinchu County and the other in Tainan County). Both herds had used @entity1176 ( @entity1176 ) beforehand to treat the symptom but the success rate was poor--about 30%. Therefore, @entity291 that failed to respond to @entity1176 were given the aquapuncture treatment. A total of 18 animals (two heifers and 16 @entity291 ) that had failed to conceive to 3-9 services were treated by aquapuncture, in which 10 ml and 5 ml of 50% @entity413 solution were injected at Baihui (Hundred Meetings, the @entity308 in the center of the lumbosacral space) and Shenpeng (Kidney Shelf, the @entity308 in the space between the lumbar vertebral transverse processes 5-6) acupoints, respectively with a 21G, 1.5-inch hypodermic needle. Both acupoints belong to the traditional acupuncture points of @entity291 and @entity1641 systems. Most animals showed heat within 14 days after aquapuncture and were inseminated artificially. Serum @entity1420 concentrations and rectal palpation were used for pregnancy diagnosis. The pregnancy rate after the treatment was 14/18 (77.7%) and 12/18 (66.6%) based on @entity1420 concentration and rectal palpation respectively, suggesting acupuncture as a simple and effective method to treat repeat breeders in dairy herds. However, the final result obtained from actual delivery of fetus in the experimental animals was only 8/18 (44.4%).
