An AI Ayrshire bull was subjected to cytogenetic examination due to lowered fertility. Preliminary Giemsa staining revealed a normal chromosome complement (60,XY) and G-banding did not allow us to draw a clear conclusion concerning an occurrence of chromosome rearrangement. Testicles were collected at slaughter and synaptonemal complex (SC) analysis revealed a large cross-shaped tetravalent configuration in pachytene spreads. No association between the tetravalent and XY bivalent was observed. Chromosome painting, with the use of bovine whole chromosome painting probes, conjugated with DAPI staining, facilitated a detailed description of the translocation rcp(2;4)(q45;q34). This study shows that post mortem analysis of synaptonemal complexes is a simple and useful tool for the preliminary detection of reciprocal translocation carriers.

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