Question

Artificial insemination helps us overcome several problems of normal mating in cattle. Do yo agree? Support your answer with any three reasons

Answer 1

Explanation:

“ Artificial Insemination is a technique in which semen collected from the male donor is artificially introduced into the vagina/uterus of the female ”.

Yes, I agree that Artificial Insemination helps us overcome several problems of normal mating in cattle.

This Technique is useful from many aspects and also overcomes many of the problems of natural mating. Some of the advantages are as follows :- ( any three )

• This technique is useful under the conditions in which the male partner is unable to inseminate the female due to low sperm count in the ejaculates or other reasons. This technique ensures delivery of sperm inside female reproductive tract which is not ensured during traditional breeding.

• This technique eliminates all the time consuming tasks performed. Traditional breeding which are quite not easy and also can lead to injury to humans.

• This technique helps to avoid the chances of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) as it doesn't involve direct physical contact of the cattles.

• This technique helps to perform desirable matings for the improved traits, which is not found in the case of natural matings. The desired bull from around the world can be used for breeding as in this technique, collected semen from bull in any part of the world can be transported to a frozen form to where the female is housed.

• This technique is very cost-effective as in this technique one bull that too doesn't need purchasing and housing can be used to breed many females simultaneously.

• This technique makes possible to cause much more number of matings per bull than the natural matings. Semen collected from the desired bull is stored and can be used for much longer period of time.