Semen Handling
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thawing. This can occur during preparation of the
inseminating device or transport to the cow.
• Check the accuracy of your thermometer on a
routine basis.
• Water is deleterious to sperm. Dry each straw
of semen thoroughly.
Use sanitary procedures when preparing to insert
the insemination device.
• Consider using protective rods or sheaths in
herds where vulvovaginal infection is a chronic
problem.
• Other than breeding cows in “true” heat, accu
rate rod tip placement is probably the most import
ant skill involved in the artificial insemination
process. The target for insemination, the uterine
body, is small.
Twenty years ago, researchers at Penn State used
radiography to evaluate accuracy of A.I. technique
and determine the dimensions of the uterine body.
This method permits the interior of the tract to be
viewed without dissection. Forty experienced indi
viduals, 20 professional technicians and 20
herdsmen-inseminators, were evaluated using this
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