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 3

Additional expenses for management procedures in cows that failed to conceive at their first AI, incurred due to a larger number of days open.

ItemAdditional costs per cow/day in cows that did not conceive by their first service AI

NutritionCost of nutrition per cow/d: 150 ETB
LaborLabor cost per cow/d: 50 ETB
Milk lossMilk lost per cow/d: (12 liter20 ETB) = 240 ETB
Total440 ETB

1 ETB = 0.03 USD during the study.