Use of vitamin e to augment fertility in cattle by optimizing endometrial thickness

Abstract

Inadequate endometrial development is responsible for reduced fertility in both humans and cattle species. Vitamin E has been used in human patients with thin endometrium to attain adequate endometrial thickness. To test the hypothesis that oral feeding of vitamin E enhances fertility in cattle by increasing the endometrial thickness (ET) seventeen animals with history of repeat breeding having ET 8mm and 8mm (75%), while other parameters did not differ significantly. In conclusion, feeding vitamin E enhanced the ET resulting in higher conception rate.