Artificial insemination trials with white-tailed deer

We used frozen semen from 8 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in 53 artificial insemination trials. The resulting pregnancy rate was 75% and a mean of 1.48 fawns/pregnant female was produced. Semen was frozen in tris-yolk diluter of 0.2 M, 6.8 pH, and 7% glycerol solution at final dilution....

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Published in:The Journal of wildlife management 1989-01, Vol.53 (1), p.224-227
Main Authors: Jacobson, H.A, Bearden, H.J, Whitehouse, D.B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
CERF
Conception rate
DEER
Estrus
FECONDITE
FECUNDIDAD
FECUNDITY
Genes
INSEMINACION ARTIFICIAL
Insemination
INSEMINATION ARTIFICIELLE
Mating behavior
ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS
PERFORMANCE DE REPRODUCTION
Population genetics
REPRODUCTIVIDAD
REPRODUCTIVITY
SEMEN
Spermatozoa
SPERME
VENADO
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Summary:We used frozen semen from 8 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in 53 artificial insemination trials. The resulting pregnancy rate was 75% and a mean of 1.48 fawns/pregnant female was produced. Semen was frozen in tris-yolk diluter of 0.2 M, 6.8 pH, and 7% glycerol solution at final dilution. Semen was collected by electroejaculation from 6 males and at 1 and 5 hours postmortem from 2 males. Pregnancies were obtained from semen from all males. Seman with post-thaw progressive motility >70% resulted in 100% conception (n = 15) compared to conception rates of 66% (n = 38) for semen with
ISSN:0022-541X
1937-2817
DOI:10.2307/3801338