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The objectives of this study were to compare <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CR<\/jats:styled-content> by artificial insemination (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content>) number, and to assess the interaction between <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> number and possible factors related to <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CR<\/jats:styled-content> in Japanese Black cattle. Records of 11,182 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> records for 6,741 heifers and 61,302 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> records for 13,139 cows on 977 farms were analysed. The average <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CR<\/jats:styled-content> of heifers was 47.0%, and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CR<\/jats:styled-content> at the first, second and third <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> was higher than at the fourth or subsequent <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0.05). The average <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CR<\/jats:styled-content> of cows was 47.8%, and their <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CR<\/jats:styled-content> at first and second <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> was higher than the fourth or subsequent <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0.05). Data analysis with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CR<\/jats:styled-content> as the dependent variable revealed significant interactions of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> number with interval from calving to first <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> season. Cows first serviced at \u226448\u00a0days post\u2010partum had lower <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CR<\/jats:styled-content> than those at \u226590\u00a0days at first <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0.05), but the interval from calving to first <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> did not affect <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CR<\/jats:styled-content> at second <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content>. Cows serviced in the autumn had a higher <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CR<\/jats:styled-content> at first <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> than those serviced in the spring and winter (<jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0.05); however, there was no seasonal difference in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CR<\/jats:styled-content> at the second <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content>. In summary, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CR<\/jats:styled-content> began to decrease from the fourth <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> in heifers and the third <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AI<\/jats:styled-content> in cows. 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