Associations Between Service Interval, Interval from First Service to Conception, Number of Services per Conception, and Level of Butterfat Production

Abstract

The interval from first service to conception decreases as the service interval increases from 0 to 127 days, at which it reaches a minimum. After a service interval of 127 days, the interval from first service to conception increases slightly as the service interval increases. The length of the service interval accounts for only 1.4% of the variance of the interval from first service to conception; thus, even though its effect on the interval from first service to conception is significant, its effect is small and of little importance.