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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1116465" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>Now you guys are showing your age :lol: </p><p></p><p>I have worked in repro for many years, and have not had the experience of working with fresh semen in cattle before (just about every other common species we AI, but NOT cattle). But Dun, even if you are collecting fresh and driving it from Los Angeles to San Diego, didn't you use an extender? Semen dies pretty quickly in its pure state, and even when we AI horses and pigs to be used within a few hours, the semen was extended not only to make it cover more animals, but keep it alive longer. Once the sperm starts dying, the sample quickly goes bad from the dead sperm degrading, thus making the sample spoil sooner. The extender is there to keep it alive longer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1116465, member: 18809"] Now you guys are showing your age :lol: I have worked in repro for many years, and have not had the experience of working with fresh semen in cattle before (just about every other common species we AI, but NOT cattle). But Dun, even if you are collecting fresh and driving it from Los Angeles to San Diego, didn't you use an extender? Semen dies pretty quickly in its pure state, and even when we AI horses and pigs to be used within a few hours, the semen was extended not only to make it cover more animals, but keep it alive longer. Once the sperm starts dying, the sample quickly goes bad from the dead sperm degrading, thus making the sample spoil sooner. The extender is there to keep it alive longer. [/QUOTE]
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