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Designer breed dogs are mixed-breed dogs intentionally bred from parents of two established breeds. [citation needed] Studies have shown that cross-bred dogs have a number of desirable reproductive traits. Scott and Fuller [45] found that cross-bred females were superior mothers compared to purebred females, producing more milk and giving ...
A breeding mount with built-in artificial vagina used to collect semen from horses for use in artificial insemination. Semen collection refers to the process of obtaining semen from human males or other animals with the use of various methods, for the purposes of artificial insemination, or medical study (usually in fertility clinics).
Semen, embryos, oocytes, somatic cells, nuclear DNA, and other types of biomaterial such as blood and serum can be stored using cryopreservation, in order to preserve genetic materials. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The primary benefit of cryoconservation is the ability to save germplasms for extended periods of time, therefore maintaining the genetic diversity ...
Dogs commonly give birth in a whelping box, a simple box or pen provided to the dam to help shelter and contain the puppies. A person who intentionally mates dogs to produce puppies is referred to as a dog breeder. Line breeding is the planned breeding of dogs with their relatives. This is done to strengthen the appearance of specific desired ...
Harold R. "Harry" Spira, BVSc MRCVS MACVSc HDA was an Australian veterinarian, geneticist and dog fancier who was instrumental in the development of dog breeding programs which used artificial insemination and frozen semen. An author and respected dog-show judge, he was active in the Australian National Kennel Club and proposed an alternative ...
Use of Starbuck's frozen semen continued beyond its natural life. [5] A 2012 report in Ontario Farmer found several dairy farms across Eastern Canada were using Starbuck semen due to its well established breeding results, particularly to compensate for deficiencies in a cow's line or when a cow otherwise had difficulty carrying a calf to term. [16]
Snuppy, an Afghan hound puppy, was the first dog to be cloned, in 2005 in South Korea. [33] Sooam Biotech, South Korea, was reported in 2015 to have cloned 700 dogs for their owners, including two Yakutian Laika hunting dogs, which are seriously endangered due to crossbreeding. [34] They also reportedly charged $100,000 for each cloned puppy. [35]
Dog breeding (4 C, 30 P) Domesticated animal genetics (4 C, 8 P) H. Horse breeding and studs (9 C, 22 P) I. Incestuous animals (3 P) L. ... Frozen bovine semen; G ...