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A note on the use of laparoscopy for intrauterine insemination of frozen-thawed semen in the ewe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

W. Haresign ,
S. R. Read ,
R. M. Curnock  and
H. C. B. Reed
W. Haresign
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of Nottingham, School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 5RD
S. R. Read
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of Nottingham, School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 5RD
R. M. Curnock
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission Pig Breeding Centre, Leeds Road, Thorpe Willoughby, Selby, North Yorkshire YO8 9HL
H. C. B. Reed
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission Pig Breeding Centre, Leeds Road, Thorpe Willoughby, Selby, North Yorkshire YO8 9HL
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One of the major limitations to the widespread use of artificial insemination (AI) in the United Kingdom (UK) sheep industry is that with frozen-thawed semen current insemination techniques result in lowered fertility. Consequently, only fresh or liquid-chilled ram semen can be used if commercially acceptable conception rates are to be achieved.

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Animal Production , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , December 1986 , pp. 553 - 556
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1986

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