Assisted Reproduction

Using a Bottle or Tube with a Spiral Catheter

 

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Remove boar for 1 hour

Good lighting is essential for mating

Collect semen and catheters.  Store in semen cooler at 17°C

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Boar exposure one on one (or small group)

Allow courtship

Boar stimulation in saliva – within 1 metre

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Check signs of standing reflex within 30 seconds on meeting boar

Ensure vulva clean

If vulva dirty clean carefully. Do not enter

Ideally wear clean gloves

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Mix semen in bottle or tube.

Collect catheter.  Push end through single sleeve

Catheter gel not necessary in sow in oestrus. 

Gilts generally necessary

Part vulval lips

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Insert catheter into vulva point the catheter end up to avoid entering the bladder

Do not insert in a downwards angle to avoid entering bladder

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As the catheter reaches some resistance twist in an anticlockwise action

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When more resistance met, spiral clockwise slightly, push forward and twist anticlockwise to achieve full lock

Apply tube or bottle to the catheter.  Keep sleeve on the catheter if possible

Fill catheter with semen by applying light pressure on the bottle or tube

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May be necessary to put a small hole in the end of the bottle from a 18 guage needle to assist semen draw into the sow or gilt.
With the tube this should be unnecessary.

Semen should not run out of vulva

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Allow sow to draw semen into reproductive tract

Once AI bottle empty, remove from catheter

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Seal the end of the catheter.

Leave catheter in place for 10-15 minutes

Remove catheter and mark mated sow.  Dispose of catheter and bottle cleanly

Mating must be completed within 10 minutes of presence of boar

 

Assisting the gilt or sow to stand during insemination