Research Article

Risk Factors for the Efficiency of Artificial Insemination in Dairy Cows and Economic Impact of Failure of First Service Insemination in and around Haramaya Town, Oromia Region, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 2

Multiple logistic regression result showing the association of pregnancy rates with different factors.

VariableOR (CI) value

BreedLocalRef.
Cross2.25 (1.2–4.2)0.011

Age in years≤3Ref.
>3–61.35 (0.44–4.14)0.604
>6–90.92 (0.22–3.81)0.905
>90.50 (0.11–2.35)0.378

ParityPrimiparousRef.
Multiparous1.22 (0.52–2.83)0.649

Insemination timeWithin 6 hRef.
Within 6–11 h0.38 (0.21–0.71)0.002
>11 h0.57 (0.11–2.90)0.502

Body conditionMediumRef.
Moderate1.60 (0.87–2.95)0.128

Inseminators<5 years of experienceRef.
5–8 years of experience1.23 (0.62–2.47)0.547
>8 years of experience1.34 (0.61–2.99)0.463