AOL

Artificial Insemination: Procedures, Costs, and Success Rates

Artificial insemination (AI) introduces sperm into a woman’s uterus, allowing her to get pregnant without sexual intercourse. It can be conducted with donor sperm or the intended father’s sperm.
Psychology Today

Trading Semen: The Tale of Artificial Insemination

Lazzaro Spallanzani, 18th Century Italian priest and natural scientist, famously provided direct evidence that eggs will not develop without semen. By fitting male frogs with tight taffeta pants, he ...
Nature

Post-cervical artificial insemination with a low sperm dose in gilts and sows improved reproductive performance in subtropical climates

Pig production plays a critical role in global food security due to the pig’s exceptional biological efficiency in converting low-value feed resources and agro-industrial by-products into high-quality ...
Nature

Vaginal and vestibular electrical resistance as an alternative marker for optimum timing of artificial insemination with liquid-stored and frozen-thawed spermatozoa in sows

Development of a pen-side test to objectively determine the ideal time for artificial insemination (AI) in the sow would save producers time and money. Current processes rely on identification of ...