Essays about: "Fernando Saravia Ramos"

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  1. 1. Deep freezing of concentrated boar semen for intra-uterine insemination

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Fernando Saravia Ramos; [2004]
    Keywords : spermatozoa; high sperm count artificial insemination AI doses; computer-assisted sperm analysis CASA ; flow cytometry; sHOST; boars;

    Abstract : Frozen-thawed (FT) boar semen for artificial insemination (AI) in commercial pig production is still only used in exceptional cases, mostly for incorporation of top genetics. Low sperm survival after a freezing procedure that is still considered suboptimal, which results in low farrowing rates and small litter sizes when conventional cervical AI is performed, are among the reasons why FT boar semen is rarely used in AI. READ MORE