Artificial Insemination in Dairy Cattle
Forum: Artificial Insemination in Dairy Cattle
Published on:
02/06/2008
Author/s :
D. W. Webb - Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida
Artificial insemination (AI) is a process by which sperm are collected from the male, processed, stored and artificially introduced into the female reproductive tract for the purpose of conception. AI has become one of the most important techniques ever devised for the genetic improvement of farm animals. It has been most widely used for breeding dairy cattle and has made bulls of high genetic mer...