Artificial Insemination & MOET - Practice Questions & MCQ

Artificial Insemination:

• The semen of a superior male is collected and injected into the reproductive tract of the selected female by the breeder.
• The semen can be used immediately or can be frozen for later use.
• When a bull inseminates a cow naturally approxi­mately 5 to 10 billion sperms are deposited in the vagina. 
• However, when semen is deposited artificially, considerably fewer sperms are required to achieve conception. 
• Therefore, arti­ficial insemination is very economical. The spread of certain diseases can be controlled by this method.

Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer Technology (MOET):

• In this method, hor­mones (with FSH-like activity) are given to the cow for inducing follicular maturation and superovulation instead of one egg, which they usually give per cycle, they produce 6-8 eggs. 
• The cow is either mated with the best bull or artificially inseminated.
• The embryos at 8-32 cell stage are recovered and transferred to surrogate mothers. 
• The genetic mother is available for another superovulation. 
• МОЕТ has been done in cattle, sheep, rabbits, buffaloes, mares, etc. 
• High milk giving breeds of females and high quality (lean meat with less lipid) meat- giving bulls have been bred successfully to obtain better breed in a short time.