Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Reproductive performance of sows submitted to intrauterine insemination |
| Authors: |
Araújo, Éder Batalha, Costa, Eduardo Paulino da, Costa, Aurea Helena Assis da, Lopes, Flávio Guiselli, Macedo, Gustavo Guerino, Paula, Tarcízio Antônio Rêgo de |
| Source: |
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia. August 2009 38(8) |
| Publisher Information: |
Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2009. |
| Publication Year: |
2009 |
| Subject Terms: |
intra-cervical insemination, intrauterine insemination, semen backflow, swine |
| More Details: |
The objective of this study was to evaluate the reproductive performance of sows artificially inseminated by the intrauterine (IAIU) technique. The experiment was arranged in a randomized complete block design, with 300 sows being distributed in five insemination techniques: control, intra-cervical (IAIC) with 3x10(9) spermatozoa/100 mL; intrauterine (IAIU) with 1x10(9) spermatozoa/100 mL; intrauterine with com 1x10(9) spermatozoa/50 mL; intrauterine with 5x10(8) spermatozoa/100 mL; and intrauterine com 5x10(8) spermatozoa/50 mL. The sows submitted to intrauterine insemination presented a farrowing rate of 90.8% and return to estrus rate of 9.2%, which did not differ from the rates obtained by the intra-cervical technique (90.0% and 10.0%, respectively). Total litter size did not differ between the techniques, with the means being from 11.4 to 11.9 piglets at farrowing. Although 4.6% of the sows submitted to intrauterine artificial insemination had difficulty with pipette insertion into the cervix, 100% of them were inseminated. When evaluating semen backflow, no difference was found between the intra-cervical and intrauterine insemination techniques. However, total semen backflow was higher in sows submitted to inter-cervical insemination. No difference was found in the presence of blood between the two methods evaluated. Hence, any of the intrauterine insemination techniques can substitute inter-cervical artificial insemination without damaging the reproductive performance of the animals. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
text/html |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1516-3598 |
| DOI: |
10.1590/S1516-35982009000800009 |
| Access URL: |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982009000800009 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edssci.S1516.35982009000800009 |
| Database: |
SciELO |
