Influenza dell'azienda e della temperatura sui calori indotti con alfaprostol nella bufala mediterranea allevata in Italia

In 4 different farms, 116 cycling buffaloes have been treated with 8 mg Alfaprostol i.m. during luteinic phase. Interval of time between treatment and ovulation as well as the incidence of silent heats have been influenced by climatic conditions and not by management. Estrous induction by prostaglandine caused in 39% of examined buffaloes, two ovulationsat a distance of 24 hours. the remaining 61% had single ovulation before the 84th or after the 108th hours from treatment.