Fertility
Cows & Buffaloes
Cystic Ovaries — The Cow Always in Heat, or Never
Updated 10 Oct 2026 • By Falah Nutrition Desk, Animal Nutrition Advisor
A cow that comes into heat every few days, bellows, mounts the others and never settles is as frustrating as one that never shows heat at all — and both can have the same cause. A cyst on the ovary is a follicle that failed to release its egg and kept growing. It is common in high-yielding cows in the first months after calving, and it is a vet's diagnosis.
عام علامات
- Heat signs every 3-10 days instead of every 21
- Continuous restlessness, bellowing and mounting other cows (bull-like behaviour)
- Or the opposite: no heat at all for months after calving
- Relaxed ligaments on either side of the tail head, giving a sunken look
- Clear discharge at odd times
- Repeated inseminations that do not hold
ممکنہ وجوہات
- Negative energy balance after calving in high-yielding cows — the body is not ready to ovulate
- Stress around calving: milk fever, metritis, retained placenta
- Mineral and vitamin shortfalls (phosphorus, selenium, beta-carotene)
- Over-fat dry cows with poor appetite after calving
- Inherited tendency in some cow families
کسان کو کیا دیکھنا چاہیے
- Keep a heat calendar: are the intervals wildly irregular or shorter than 18 days?
- Is she mounting other cows rather than standing to be mounted?
- How is her body condition since calving — losing fast?
- Is mineral mixture given every day?
- Has the vet done a rectal examination to feel the ovaries?
فیڈ رہنمائی
Cysts are largely an energy problem: a fresh cow milking off her own back fat does not cycle properly. Feed to yield with a measured compound feed so she regains condition — GOKA Transition +21 through the first three weeks, then a lactation feed matched to her litres such as GOKA Challenger 8000 or GOKA Amrit for high producers. Mineral mixture daily is not optional for fertility; phosphorus and trace minerals drive ovulation. Green fodder supplies beta-carotene, so in the no-green months a complete feed matters even more. Use the feed calculator to make sure the quantity actually matches her milk.
متعلقہ گوکا مصنوعات
High Milk-Yielding Cows & Buffaloes
More than 25 liters/day
High TDN feed for fresh & heavy milkers
Dairy Cows & Buffaloes
15-22 liters/day
Peak milk with high FAT & SNF
Fresh Lactating Cows & Buffaloes
Protects fresh animals from ketosis & weakness
جانوروں کے ڈاکٹر سے کب رابطہ کریں
Only a veterinary doctor can confirm a cyst, by examination or scan, and treat it with hormone injections. Buying hormones over the counter and guessing the dose harms the cow and wastes money.
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