Nicaragua establishes a new pig farm farm for genetic improvement
The National Strategy for Swine Farming Development sets a goal of inseminating around 10,000 sows this year.
Page 2 of articles about semen
Effect of boar seminal dose type: cervical compared with post-cervical insemination
Post-cervical artificial insemination doses took less time than cervical doses to reach the desired temperature, but sperm quality was similar for CAI- and PCAI-doses during storage.
Mistakes in artificial insemination
Artificially inseminating sows requires our utmost attention to avoid errors such as those depicted here.
Antimicrobial capabilities of tea tree and rosemary essential oils on refrigerated swine seminal doses
Essential oils may act as antimicrobial agents in seminal doses serving as an alternative to traditional antimicrobials in the face of increasing antimicrobial resistance.
60% of 333 users believe that semen doses rotation is useful, but is it really?
Some routines are widely used on the daily work of pig farms and we can even think that there is some good logic behind them, but have they been scientifically tested?
Post-thaw boar sperm motility is affected by prolonged storage of sperm in liquid nitrogen
The fact that the major phenotypic characteristic of boar spermatozoa, motility, is constrained by time of cryostorage should be considered when building cryobanks of pig semen.
Sperm DNA integrity in Landrace and Duroc boar semen and its relationship to litter size
Sperm DNA integrity in semen with good motility and morphology may be an additional prediction parameter for fertility in pigs.
Absence of seminal plasma from sperm-rich fraction decreases boar sperm quality characteristics
The seminal plasma from the sperm-rich fraction is important for the maintenance of adequate structural and functional characteristics of extended liquid boar semen.
Cases of reproductive failure around mating: as real as life itself
Management of dead semen, data analysis, vaccinations,... These are some examples that we will deal with in the following 6 case studies.
Impact of light irradiation on preservation and function of mammalian spermatozoa
Mounting evidence indicates that light irradiation of mammalian spermatozoa (and of other animal species) increases their motility, capacitation and fertilizing ability, without causing any damage on the DNA.
Sperm membrane proteins associated with the boar semen cryopreservation
Boars sperm membrane proteins may explain differences in semen cryopreservation success, serving as freezability markers.
Clinical case: Sudden rise in returns to oestrus
A farrow-to-finish farm went from 10% to 50% of returns to oestrus, and almost 90% of them were regular.
The effect of age, interval collection and season on selected semen parameters and prediction of AI boars productivity
The possibility of planning the production level has a special importance for AI stations, and its inaccuracy should be minimized by eliminating the factors differentiating the quantity and quality of the ejaculate.
Optimal on-farm semen doses management: key points to control
Occasionally, breeders end up using semen with a suboptimal fertilizing ability due to inadequate storage conditions.
Semen Cardona opens its new center in the Philippines to consolidate its expansion plan in Asia
The Asian country is receiving exports from Semen Cardona for more than 10 years, and this investment will bring production closer, strengthen the commercial commitment and ensure greater immediacy in distribution.
Semen Cardona will distribute with BactiBag® packaging
Semen Cardona is committed to one of the most advanced innovations in state-of-the-art packaging. This is BactiBag, recently created by IMV Technologies with the help on developement by Semen Cardona.