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Murray Greys and Ampules a real mystery- What do you know?
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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1727023" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cattletoday.com/threads/ai-using-ampules-instead-of-straws.27193/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>I think thaw time in the ice bath may be a little longer than indicated above. Volume in an ampule is much more than a straw. Supposed to have more sperm in them back in the old days.</p><p></p><p>There was a setup with a drilled rod and a short piece of tubing and a rubber bulb, I think. The version that works now is an infusion pipette and syringe (see link below). There is info online on the procedure. I have never handled one but remember the first cow I saw AI bred in the early 60's, I think. Hereford semen in an ampule. Bred by a local dairy guy that was a rep for Curtis, best I remember.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.continentalplastic.com/products/drilled-infusette-tubes-18-non-sterile[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1727023, member: 40418"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cattletoday.com/threads/ai-using-ampules-instead-of-straws.27193/[/URL] I think thaw time in the ice bath may be a little longer than indicated above. Volume in an ampule is much more than a straw. Supposed to have more sperm in them back in the old days. There was a setup with a drilled rod and a short piece of tubing and a rubber bulb, I think. The version that works now is an infusion pipette and syringe (see link below). There is info online on the procedure. I have never handled one but remember the first cow I saw AI bred in the early 60's, I think. Hereford semen in an ampule. Bred by a local dairy guy that was a rep for Curtis, best I remember. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.continentalplastic.com/products/drilled-infusette-tubes-18-non-sterile[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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