HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Today, dairy cattle, beef cattle, swine, horses and poultry are all selectively bred to improve their productivity, and most breeders use artificial insemination techniques.

Detailed explanation-2: -The basic insemination kit should contain a stainless-steel AI gun, straw cutter or scissors, tweezers, non-spermicidal lubricant, thermometer, and thaw unit (water bath or wide-mouth thaw thermos).

Detailed explanation-3: -Artificial insemination is the technique in which semen with living sperms is collected from the male and introduced into female reproductive tract at proper time with the help of instruments. This has been found to result in a normal offspring.

Detailed explanation-4: -Though artificial insemination (AI) is common in the cattle industry and often performed by farm managers or employees, it should not be assumed that AI is an easy technique or that all of those performing AI are proficient in the technique.