Dennis I may be giving you a ring in the near future. I am always open to learning a new trick or technique that may help me and the farms I AI at. Thanks for offering!
RLA, I have done the same thing regarding splitting straws and putting whole straws in. I think if the semen is good, it does not matter whether or not you put in a whole or half a straw. I know that 3 years ago my friend went out on a limb trying to help some one out. We AI'd 30 does to one buck, we only had 6 does take out of 30...... This happened at a couple other places that I was aware of, I'm sure a few that I am not aware of too. I think the quality of semen is extremely important. Needless to say we did not use semen from there again. That put us back several years taking some of our best does out of the AI program. I have a few things I am going to do a bit different this year in hopes of better success.
RLA, I have done the same thing regarding splitting straws and putting whole straws in. I think if the semen is good, it does not matter whether or not you put in a whole or half a straw. I know that 3 years ago my friend went out on a limb trying to help some one out. We AI'd 30 does to one buck, we only had 6 does take out of 30...... This happened at a couple other places that I was aware of, I'm sure a few that I am not aware of too. I think the quality of semen is extremely important. Needless to say we did not use semen from there again. That put us back several years taking some of our best does out of the AI program. I have a few things I am going to do a bit different this year in hopes of better success.
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