Evaluation of the Accuracy of Bovipreg® kit for Early Pregnancy Diagnosis in Indigenous Arsi cattle at Adami Tulu Agricultural research Center, Oromia, Ethiopia

^{Authors: 1}Alemayehu Arega | ²Sandip Banerjee | ³Solomon Gizaw

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Adami Tulu Agricultural Research Center

Hawassa University, College of Agriculture, School of Animal and Range Sciences

International Livestock Research Institute, LIVES project

Email: fenalex2016@gmail.com

Abstract

Evaluation of the Accuracy of Bovipreg® kit for early pregnancy diagnosis in indigenous Arsi cattle was done on some selected cattle at AdamiTulu Agricultural Research Center. The result indicates that the overall accuracy of Bovipreg® kit in diagnosing pregnancy were 68.6%. There was a significant difference in the accuracy of Bovipreg test between the milk and blood samples used for diagnosing pregnancy. The overall accuracy of the Bovipreg® were 89.3% and 57.1% by using milk and blood samples respectively. The result indicated that there was no statistically significant difference between the collection dates on the accuracy of Bovipreg® kit. Parity of the animals has no effect on the accuracy of Bovipreg® result. Bovipreg® is one of the technology which allows early detection of pregnancy it has to be evaluated and demonstrated to dairy producers and different stakeholders in the dairy sector.

Key words: Bovipreg® kit, pregnancy diagnosis, accuracy, Arsi cattle

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