The semen of animals and artificial insemination / edited by J.P. Maule

CONTENTS

Part 1
Artificial insemination in cattle
introduction
Advantages of artificial insemination
limitations and disadvantages
conditions required for use of artificial insemination
General organization of artificial insemination service
Assessment of artificial insemination and factors affecting it

2. Management selecting of length of usefulness of bulls
management
selection of Bulls
Testing for recessive Genes
Health tests and Disease control
Blood typing
Period of usefulness of Bulls at artificial insemination centres

3.Semen collection and production
Semen collection technique
Other factors affecting semen production and sexual behavior

4. Assessment of semen quality
Microscopical methods
Biochemical tests
Resistance of Environmental changes
Physical and other methods of assessing semen etc

5.Semen composition metabolism and physical state in relation to storage and dilution
Structure and composition of spermatozoa and changes associated with temperature shock and dilution etc

6. Dilution and storage media
Composition of commonly used diluents
Other Diluents
Use of various salts and other substrates in diluents
Glycine-containing diluents etc

7. Semen handling cooling ,dilution and transport
Dilution rate and optimum spermatozoa
Required per insemination
Age of semen
cooling of semen
Effect of transport

8.Antibiotics
9.Ultra low temperature storage of semen
10.Insemination techniques and management factors influencing conception
11.Artificial insemination in the water buffalo
12.Artificial insemination in the Sheep
13.Artificial insemination in the Goat
14.Artificial insemination in the Pig
15. Artificial insemination in the Horse
16.Artificial inseminations in Mule production
17. Artificial insemination in the Dog
18. Artificial insemination in rodents
19.Artificial insemination in poultry
20. Development of artificial insemination in the tropics
21. Export of semen

Incudes index