There are various little tricks possible for optimizing the efficiency of your teams, but also limit the risks of mixtures between boars terminal semen and pure semen. Indeed, do you know the “Poka Yoké” technique (translated by anti-error from Japanese)? It is a continuous improvement technique that has two main aims: on the one hand, avoid … Read more
Before a young boar enters your center, there are a number of steps to follow: quarantine, blood tests, vaccinations and, above all, the first collection from the boar. Thus, the collection career of a boar begins from quarantine. The boar must be taught to mount the dummy as naturally as possible in order to stimulate … Read more
In this video, Duc PHAM, technical director at GenePro, will present the protocol established by Genes Diffusion to enter inside a professional AI center. This protocol is crucial to secure the biosecurity of your stud and avoid any potential external contamination. Every employee has to follow this protocol to guarantee the security of your boar … Read more
This video from Duc Pham, technical director at GenePro, will explain to you the importance of warming up your CASA slides before analyzing boar semen. It will show you the important impact by analyzing the same semen when you warm up your casa slides and when you don’t warm up. And the results are really … Read more
Artificial insemination in swine farming has numerous advantages, but even with the ease of handling, some details are fundamental to achieve the best results! Check out the key points of this practice. This article has been written by Kebb Borstnez during her master thesis in Animal production and health at IFC AraquariTechnical and by Dr. … Read more
When you analyze boar semen on a CASA system, it can sometimes create an unwanted flow of spermatozoa. This flow can have a negative impact on your result. It is important to stop this flow to avoid any bad influence on your boar semen analysis result. For that, Duc PHAM, technical director at GenePro will … Read more
Extender quality, control of the production parameters, good laboratory practices are beyond the numerous factors that can influence the homogeneity of your boars’ semen. Beyond those there is one simple thing we must also consider : operators do not always mix the semen before filling the blisters or sampling to analyze the concentration for instance.
are at the heart of our business: they are the key to producing good quality semen. However, there are some questions: What are the consequences of collecting semen from boars too often? Or on the other hand, a collection rate that is not frequent enough? What is the ideal time interval between two collections?
Slides are essential for analysis with a CASA system. For this purpose, GenePro has developed a slide support to make the results more uniform.What precautions must be taken before using a casa slide? What are the common errors in a CASA analysis? How can a GenePro slide support simplify your analysis?This article describes how GenePro … Read more
Health measures must be very strict to preserve your AI stud from all potential external contaminations. Entry to the center should be controlled to ensure that a visitor will not pose a health problem as a result of their visit.What are the right questions to ask these visitors? What are the points that must not … Read more