© Agromisa Foundation, Wageningen, 2005
This guide on reproduction in dairy cattle is presented in two partner volumes:
Book I
Gives the basic facts of reproduction in dairy cattle. Facts which should be familiar to (modern) dairy
farmers, dairy farm managers and extension workers dealing with dairy farming. Book II This part deals quite extensively with artificial insemination ‘at work level’ in a (sub)tropical environment.
It should be noted that in many places in the (sub)tropics ‘extensive’ dairy farming (as opposed to
‘modern’) may be the most common practice and in fact is the most economic way to keep cattle (see
annex book I). The fact that this part pays so much attention to artificial insemination does not at all
mean to say that it is a ‘must’ in dairy farming everywhere.