Improving Animal Production by Nuclear Techniques.
Garcia, M., Jayasuriya, M.C.N., Perera, B.M.A.O. 1995. IAEA Yearbook B17-B32.
Summary
This article highlights how to identify constraints and develop and monitor solutions to improving animal productivity through the measurement of reproductive performance. It details how radio-immunoassay (RIA) was developed for the measurement of progesterone, and how through the production and distribution of an RIA kit, scientists in developing countries were able to easily and routinely measure levels of progesterone in cattle. This data is then used to determine reproductive performance. Studies conducted under a variety of management regimes and using many different breeds of cattle have repeatedly shown that inadequate nutrition is the major factor constraining reproductive performance and hence productivity.
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