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Current Status of Swine Artificial Insemination(AI) in Korea  

Kim, In-Cheul (National Institute of Animal Science, RDA)
Sa, Soo-Jin (National Institute of Animal Science, RDA)
Kang, Kwon (Korea Swine Gene Association)
Kim, Sang-Hyun (Korea Swine Gene Association)
Bae, Sang-Jong (Korea Swine Gene Association)
Kim, Dae-Sil (Korea Swine Gene Association)
Kim, Si-Joo (Korea Swine Gene Association)
Min, Chen-Sik (Gyeongnam Agriculture Research and Extension Services)
Son, Jung-Ho (Noah Biotech. Inc.)
Chung, Ki-Hwa (Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
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Reproductive and Developmental Biology / v.35, no.3, 2011 , pp. 227-232 More about this Journal
Abstract
This survey was conducted to investigate the current status of swine artificial insemination(AI) centers registered as 'semen processing business' in Korea. The survey responses were collected by direct visitation or telephone conversation for 5 months from May through September in 2008. The survey showed that sixty-four AI centers were enrolled in local government and those of fifty-two AI centers were under operation. Forty-nine AI centers surveyed owned a total of 3,334 boars and the Duroc breed accounted for the highest rate(73.1%) of all boar breeds. In type of ownership, agricultural management corporations was the highest(42.3%) and followed by private ownership(34.6%). Large-scale AI centers in terms of own over 151 boar were surveyed as 5.9% and most AI centers own less than 100 boars(86.5%). The average number of boars per AI center was 68. The amount of liquid semen provided by 52 AI centers were 1,791,000 doses and each AI center provides average of 39,000 does, which is represented for 90% consumption by sows in Korea.
Keywords
Swine artificial insemination; AI center; Boar; Liquid boar semen;
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