Artificial insemination

Knowing the structure of the sow's reproductive tract can help improve the results with AI, according to the latest Producers for Profit newsletter from BPEX.

GERMANY - The seventh International Conference on Boar Semen Preservation will be held in Bonn on 14 to 17 August. The registration deadline is 1 June 2011.

BPEX offers tips on the design and management of the artificial insemination area in the latest publication in its Two-Tonne Sow (2TS) campaign.

Proceedings of the Kansas Swine Day 2010 conference, which focused on the nutrition and nursery pigs and finishers as well as feed management.

FRANCE - The TrueGreen AI catheter from IMV Technologies and Biocath from Landata/Cobiporc have jointly been awarded a Silver Medal by the DLG.

UK - To try and improve the competitiveness of the English pig industry, BPEX and the NPA recognised that the industry needed to focus on improving reproductive performance and spread the costs of production over more p…

AUSTRALIA - Professor Gary Althouse of New Bolton Center in Pennsylvania, US, travelled 'down under' to share his knowledge about assisted reproductive technologies and stud management for the pork industry.

WALES, UK - A company has made a scientific breakthrough that will enable livestock breeders to pre-select the sex of pigs.

An injection of PG600 or hCG (96 hours after the end of Matrix), induced ovulation and led to high fertility and prolificacy after a single fixed-time artificial insemination, report S. Ferchaud, P. Guillouet, H. Swarts,…

IRELAND - According to Dr John Mabry, director of Iowa Pork Industry Centre and a professor at Iowa State University, who oversees the Hermitage genetics programme, the new Hermitage AI centre at Callan in Ireland, which…

The combination of the DIU catheter with a normal catheter within a double insemination procedure optimised conception rates (88 per cent) and the number of pigs born alive (12.1), according to research reported by Dr El…

LITHUANIA - Scientists at the Lithuanian Veterinary Academy and University of Helsinki have developed a simple fluorometer-based assay for boar semen used for artificial insemination.

US - A $900,000 USDA grant will help researchers at the University of Illinois advance the knowledge and practical use of frozen boar semen in swine herds across the United States.

FRANCE - IMV Technologies is holding two technical conferences during the SPACE show in Rennes next week.

FRANCE - IMV Technologies is pleased to invite you at two conferences focused on the advancements in animal reproduction and their direct impact for semen production centres.

FRANCE - IMV Technologies is introducing a new assisted boar collection system, Safemate.

UK - Although AI now accounts for 75-80 per cent of pig services nationally, the boar is still a very important animal on most farms and is used extensively to provide cover for sows both naturally and artificially insem…

AI boars can be fed to a set feeding level to achieve targeted weight gains to influence longevity without affecting semen production and quality, reported R.C. Sulabo of the College of Veterinary Medicine of Kansas Stat…

US – Dwindling federal funding jeopardizes important animal and biomedical research, together with the institutional research programs that focus on them, a group of Michigan State University scientists warn.

Dr Mario Baracaldo, DVM, and Jim Ward of Minitube Canada explained how boar studs monitor the extended semen doses produced and delivered to their customers at the London Swine Conference 2008.