Behaviour in Inter-oestrus

During inter-oestrus, the animals’ behaviour is unremarkable. However, they may become agitated for a few hours two or three times during this 15-day period. Some animals even show real symptoms of heat, with attempts to mount other cows and a visible vaginal discharge. If the farm records oestrus dates properly, there is clearly no point in inseminating now, at the “wrong time”. However, time and again, animals are still wrongly inseminated at this stage of the cycle. A successful previous insemination can be undone by inseminating into the uterus (destroying the amniotic sac).