Published June 1993
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Report
Breeding soundness and its relevance to the AI-bulls
Description
The present review indicates some of the conditions following which an accurate evaluation of the breeding soundness of young post-pubertal bulls can be made. This relies on the following components: sexual behaviour, testis morphology, sperm production, hormonal profiles, semen output. A combination of these traits results in discarding up to 20 - 25% of the bulls prior to their entry into AI centers. This finally results in contributing to improve the mean potential of fertility in a given population hence giving an additional advantage to this remarkable technique, namely Artificial Insemination. (author). 9 refs, 3 figs, 2 tabs
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Le controle de la fonction sexuelle du jeune taurillon dans un programme d'insemination artificielle
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Improving the productivity of indigenous African livestock
- Imprint Pagination
- 172 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 121-126.
- ISSN
- 1011-4289
- Report number
- IAEA-TECDOC--708
INIS
- Country of Publication
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 24061119
- Subject category
- S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- CATTLE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FERTILITY; MALE GENITALS; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BODY; DATA; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; GAMETES; GERM CELLS; INFORMATION; MAMMALS; NUMERICAL DATA; ORGANS; RUMINANTS; VERTEBRATES