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. 2024 Apr 10;11:1392166. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1392166

Table 9.

Summary of percentage of females bred using reproductive technologies and breeding season duration for Canadian cow-calf herds reported in submitted annual herd breeding to weaning records (n = 543) for the C3SN between 2019 and 2022.

Percent of cows bred AI/ET Percent of heifers bred AI/ET Breeding season length cows (days) Breeding season length heifers (days)
Total herd records N = 542 N = 506 N = 519 N = 492
Mean 12.1% 23.6% 101 90
SD* 23.8% 37.5% 54 48
2.5th percentile 0% 0% 46 26
5th percentile 0% 0% 50 31
25th percentile 0% 0% 63 59
Median 0% 0% 83 77
75th percentile 11.6% 50% 122 110
95th percentile 70% 100% 212 184
97.5th percentile 85% 100% 251 212

*Standard deviation.

Values for herds from Western and Eastern Canada are reported separately in Supplementary Tables S7a,b.