Page 4 of articles about AI - artificial insemination
Preparing the gilts: production
We talk about weight and age at mating, stall adaptation, flushing, how to perform heat detection and insemination, the convenience or inconvenience of segregating the gilts
The ideal mating area: general design (1/2)
Joan Wennberg discusses with different experts how do they think that the ideal mating area design should be.
Semen Cardona will start the works of a last-generation AIC in the Segovia area
It will consolidate its growth in the Spanish market.
The construction of Semen Cardona’s new AIC in the Philippines are progressing apace
The new artificial insemination center (AIC) of Semen Cardona in the Philippines is going to become real during this semester, this current year 2018 the production of high-performance semen doses is going to be started from imported specimens from the best European genetics.
Weaning straight into pens
Weaning one or several weeks straight into pens, a week worth of space can be gained
Argentina: Start-up of three pig artificial insemination laboratories
Use of heterospermic inseminations in boar fertility
Control points in the preparation of semen doses: temperature control and quality parameters (1/2)
The impact of semen used for post-cervical AI is 2-3 times bigger than that used to produce cervical insemination doses; therefore, preparation of the doses should follow an even stricter control program.
Practical tips to induce heat in gilts and sows
Boar exposure time, duration and frequency, proper boar: gilt or sow ratio, exposure methods, hormones, …
The dependence of the growth rate and meat content of young boars on semen parameters and conception rate
Never miss a heat: Build a better boar bachelor pad
Automated heat detection identifies open sows safely and accurately.
Magapor establishes in the USA and expands its factory in Spain
This new stage in the North American market reinforces the bet and work done in the last 10 years in the United States.
Optimization of post-cervical artificial insemination in gilts: Effect of cervical relaxation procedures and catheter type
NPD: An invisible component for herd productivity
We recommend that producers pay more attention to gilts and sows that are at risk of increasing NPD. Situations of increased risk are described.