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The Behaviour of Bulls at Artificial Insemination Centres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2016

Geoffrey Smith
Geoffrey Smith*
Affiliation:
Milk Marketing Board A.I. Centre, Beccles, Suffolk
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The very wide field of animal behaviour has no more fascinating application than in the bull stud of any artificial insemination centre where the male is subjected to close observation over a long period of time. After a year or two's experience one becomes aware of the qualifications expected of a bull if he is to become a successful A.I. sire. His general temperament must be good, he must be placid and easy to handle, be free from all vices, and be able to produce high quality semen as and when required, and at the same time he must possess superior genetical material so that there is hope of improved production from his progeny.

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(1) Thirteenth Meeting: “Reproductive Behaviour in Cattle”
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production , Volume 1951 , Issue 1: Thirteenth Meeting , February 1950 , pp. 25 - 35
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1950

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