Swine it #110: The Boar - the forgotten animal in the swine industry - Dr. Karl Kerns
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We often put a lot of focus on the sow when it comes to swine reproduction, but what about the boar? Today in our talk with Dr. Kerns, we discuss many things such as the importance of zinc, different semen extenders, and how to properly maintain and check motility. This is a great opportunity to learn more about some important steps in a boar stud.
"๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ." - ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป:
1. The importance of the boar
2. Understanding their sperm cells
3. Semen pool
4. The future of animal breeding
5. Semen extenders and antibiotics
6. Boar nutrition
7. Heat stress
8. Tips on genetics
9. Semen transportation
10. Third-party evaluation
11. Health side
12. Sow side
๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐: Karl Kerns, Ph.D., assistant professor of animal science at Iowa State University, focuses on molecular reproductive physiology. His research interests are on the steps that lead to fertilization success and the creation of a single-cell phenomics model with artificial intelligence to detect male-factor sub/infertility in domestic boars and bulls with applications for humans. Dr. Kerns was previously a USDA NIFA Fellow in his predoctoral and postdoctoral studies at the University of Missouri, where he currently has Adjunct Assistant Professor status. One of his passions is to fully and more quickly implement research findings through involvement with biotech startups.