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Aspects of semen production in boars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

J.R. Walters ,
C.G. Green ,
J. Gray ,
Sally Goodman  and
P. N. Hooper
J.R. Walters
Affiliation:
Masterbreeders (Livestock Development) Ltd., Pig Improvement Centre, Hastoe, Tring, Herts HP23 6PJ
C.G. Green
Affiliation:
Masterbreeders (Livestock Development) Ltd., Pig Improvement Centre, Hastoe, Tring, Herts HP23 6PJ
J. Gray
Affiliation:
Masterbreeders (Livestock Development) Ltd., Pig Improvement Centre, Hastoe, Tring, Herts HP23 6PJ
Sally Goodman
Affiliation:
Masterbreeders (Livestock Development) Ltd., Pig Improvement Centre, Hastoe, Tring, Herts HP23 6PJ
P. N. Hooper
Affiliation:
Masterbreeders (Livestock Development) Ltd., Pig Improvement Centre, Hastoe, Tring, Herts HP23 6PJ
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Efficient reproductive performance in the pig breeding herd depends on many different factors including the behaviour and semen production characteristics of the boar. The latter are difficult to measure under on-farm conditions but results are accumulating from experimental and A.I. units (e.g. Du Mesnil du Buisson, Paquignon and Courot,1978; Fent, Wettermann and Johnson, 1983). The preliminary results presented here investigated semen production traits in a large commercial A. I. stud.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1984 , March 1984 , pp. 86
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1984

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