Boar management and semen handling factors affect the quality of boar extended semen

Boar management and semen handling factors affect the quality of boar extended semen

Abstract Artificial insemination (AI) is the preferred method for reproduction in the majority of the intensive pig production systems Worldwide. To this end, fresh extended ready-to-use semen doses are either purchased from AI-centres or produced by boars kept on-farm. For profitable semen producti...

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Main Authors: Alfonso Lopez Rodriguez, Ann Van Soom, Ioannis Arsenakis, Dominiek Maes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Porcine Health Management
Subjects:
Artificial insemination
Bacteriospermia
Boar
Breeding
Management
Semen collection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40813-017-0062-5

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