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Pregnancy rates following intra-uterine insemination with pellet or straw-frozen ram semen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. R. Hunton ,
Sally E. Flecker  and
W. M. C. Maxwell
J. R. Hunton
Affiliation:
Animal Breeding and Research Institute, Katanning, Western Australia
Sally E. Flecker
Affiliation:
Animal Breeding and Research Institute, Katanning, Western Australia
W. M. C. Maxwell
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Adelaide, South Australia
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There has been considerable research on techniques for artificial insemination of sheep with frozen ram semen (Maxwell, 1984). Acceptable pregnancy rates were reported following ‘two-step’ dilution and freezing of semen in P.V.C. ‘ministraws’ (Colas, 1975; Colas & Guerin, 1981); however, other workers have obtained poor fertility following cervical insemination with semen frozen in straws (Maxwell, etal. 1980; Tervit elal. 1984).

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 109 , Issue 1 , August 1987 , pp. 189 - 191
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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