Treating Infertile Milk Cows by Traditional Chinese Medicine

The infertility of milk cow is a world problem with high incidence rate. Reportedly, in the world dairy industry, theproportion of the infertile milk cow was about 15% in the total mature cows (Donald L B, 1978, P.309), and someothers thought this number achieved about 30% according to the statistics (Bulman D C, 1980, P.177-188). In US, thereare 12%~19% cows which are eliminated through selection because of sterility and breeding diseases every year, andthis number achieves above 40% in all unqualified cows (Jiang, 1990, P.38-41). In China, the infertile rate of maturecows achieves above 25%, and the rate in some cattle farms with imperfect management and bad technical conditionseven achieves above 40% (Jiang, 1990, P.38-41). According to the statistics, in a cattle village in the northeast, therewere 62 infertile cows in 212 cows, and the infertile rate achieved 29.25%, and in the region of Jinan, Shandong, therewere 342 mature cows in 5 collective cattle farms, one civil cattle farm and one cattle breeding village, and the amountof the infertile milk cow achieved 97, i.e. 28.36% of the total amount of mature cows. In the region of Shihezi inXinjiang, the infertile rate was 22.5%, and the infertile rate in Fujian Province achieved above 10%. In recent years,according to Chinese traditional medicine, Chinese veterinary scientists have accumulated abundant experiences toprevent and cure the infertility of milk cow, and explored the pharmacology of the function of Chinese traditionalmedicine.