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Most dairy farmers who use artificial insemination find a hard time getting their cows to conceive. Veterinary doctors usually carry out insemination more than once before the cows can conceive. The problem is attributed to a lack of genuine semen and sperm.
One of the reasons cows fail to conceive through artificial insemination is because the semen may be dead. But then, the problem may not be with the inseminators themselves, but with the semen handling.
Handling semen
- Make sure that the tank has enough Liquid Nitrogen because this is what protects the semen. A tank should not be used for more than 10 years.
- Get out only semen that you are going to use. If it is got out it should not be taken back again.
- Know the holding period of your semen tank. Some can hold semen for 10-15 hours, while others hold it for over 20 days.
