You know, the WBFSH bothers to put into writing it's directives for quality standards for FRESH, CHILLED and FROZEN semen.
Great! Fine! I am happy about that. So, I read it. No problem. I understand and agree with what they say. My standards are even higher.
Well, do you THINK that U.S. breeders can even read or interpret properly????
Now, in a phone call with a mare owner, I hear that a Vet was telling HER Vet that I was "selling 1/2 doses" because my frozen semen doses "ONLY" contained 320 million Progressively Motile Sperm Cells"!!!! A VET!!!, mind you! She said that it should have 600 million PM cells! CAN SHE NOT READ what the WBFSH bothered to WRITE?!! I am going crazy! If a Vet starts these rumors, then mare owners start to question and panic. It is time for people to educate themselves and quit calling everyone cheaters.
READ this and DO NOT get confused between Chilled semen, diluted/transported semen and FROZEN SEMEN!!!
Chilled semen:
diluted/fresh
sperm dose : - minimum of 300 million progressively motile spermatazoa at time of
portioning
- insemination within 12 hours of collection
- storage conditions maintained
- progressively motile spermatazoa at time of insemination no
less than 35%
diluted/transported:
sperm dose: minimum of 600 million progressively motile spermatozoa at
time of portioning
- maximum volume 40 cc (dilution 1:2)
- insemination 24-36 hours after collection
- storage conditions maintained
- progressively motile spermatozoa at time of insemination no
less than 35%
All semen leaving the insemination center has to be treated as
diluted/transport semen.
Frozen semen:
volume dose: dependent on manufacturing process
sperm dose: minimum of 35% progressively motile spermatozoa postthawing
minimum of 250 million progressively motile spermatozoa per A.I. dose post-thawing
- A breeding dose for insemination of one mare has to contain a minimum of 3 insemination
doses.
- free to sell a single insemination dose
Do you think it's a problem of the Vet not knowing the difference between fresh cooled and frozen semen?????
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