{"id":67160,"date":"2021-06-16T04:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=67160"},"modified":"2021-06-21T13:07:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T17:07:52","slug":"usda-awards-utoledo-500000-for-fertility-research-to-increase-dairy-production-in-cattle-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/06_16_2021\/usda-awards-utoledo-500000-for-fertility-research-to-increase-dairy-production-in-cattle-industry","title":{"rendered":"USDA Awards UToledo $500,000 for Fertility Research to Optimize Production in Cattle Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every time a dairy cow is bred and fails to become pregnant, a farmer loses a month of profits on the cow\u2019s milk. If it grows to two months, that\u2019s a 20% loss in profit.<\/p>\n

\u201cCows and bulls can have suboptimal fertility, just like humans,\u201d said Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss, professor of biological sciences at The University of Toledo. \u201cIn the U.S. today, the average dairy cow takes three tries to become pregnant, being bred once each ovulation or estrous cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss, professor of biological sciences at UToledo, is using the USDA award to build upon his groundbreaking discovery in human sperm to help farmers reduce their costs for dairy production.<\/p><\/div>\n

The UToledo scientist is now using his advancements made in human fertility research to help farmers reduce their costs for dairy production.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Avidor-Reiss $500,000 to develop tools and methods for selecting bulls with superior fertility by building upon his groundbreaking discovery in human sperm that changed the dogma in reproductive biology: an atypical centriole.<\/p>\n

Several years ago, he found that a father donates not one but two centrioles through the sperm during fertilization, and the newly discovered sperm structure may contribute to infertility, miscarriages and birth defects.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe beautiful thing about investigating and developing centriolar biomarkers for bull sperm is that it could help us with our human male reproductive research,\u201d Avidor-Reiss said. \u201cAnd the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding, or CDCB, has an incredible database on bull fertility \u2014 it\u2019s a robust, publicly available statistical report on fertility because the farmer reports whether each mating of a bull and cow resulted in a pregnancy. There is no report like this on any other species.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CDCB\u2019s database for Sire Conception Rate, which originated under USDA\u2019s guidance, was created to help dairy farmers \u201cgrade\u201d the fertility of bull sperm.<\/p>\n

The three-year project for the USDA continues the UToledo scientist\u2019s collaboration with Select Sires Inc., an Ohio company that sells cryopreserved bull sperm for artificial insemination.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cattle genetics industries are constantly searching for ways to better serve dairy and beef producers around the world,\u201d said Dr. Bo Harstine, director of research at Select Sires Inc. \u201cDr. Avidor-Reiss\u2019s research examining the role that a sperm cell\u2019s centrioles have in fertility could have major implications on our understanding of cattle breeding. As an Ohio-based biotechnology cooperative, Select\u00a0Sires Inc. is proud to be partnering with The University of Toledo and Dr. Avidor-Reiss to bridge this research from the laboratory to real-world applications.\u201d<\/p>\n

Avidor-Reiss\u2019s laboratory developed a quantitative method to determine sperm centriole quality, and preliminary results show that sub-fertile bulls have lower-quality centrioles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe University of Toledo\u2019s efforts to attract federally supported research are far-reaching and have an economic impact on our region,\u201d Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur said. \u201cWith USDA support, Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss will bolster knowledge about animal fertility and, in turn, the economic outlook for the dairy and cattle industry in northern Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>

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