ANSC 4088 Chapter : AI
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Numbers are impt because natural is not as efficient as ai (refer to slide). Ideal conditions also yield 100 million motile sperm per breeding if you are really good at what you do. Will be bred 3 or 4 times (missing stuff here) 1/3 of your mares that are not preg will be cycling and in heat. You can schedule a breeding under those conditions . Start in feb you get about 3 times for potential breeding. Ideal situation, can get 7-5 preg after first ai (about 70%); second cycle you should etc (get from elisabeth) thoroughbreds do not allow ai. So here you have one mare per ejaculate. Thism akes it difficult to get a large number of mares bred. They will breed a stallion a lot or do a booking fee to get on the list .
