SpermNotes®

Modern reproduction techniques in swine breeding

• AndroVision® in boar semen laboratories
• Effect of management on semen quality during long-term storage
• BoarMatic: Hygienic and efficient boar semen collection
• Quality standard of Minitube’s boar semen tubes
• Androstar® Premium – Long term extender with superior protection capabilities
• Successful re-certification of Minitube´s extender production facility 
• Electronic donor identification with iMale
• AI training model “Suzy“ – A new approach to artificial insemination training
• The SmartDispenser: Automated semen dilution

• Important steps for introducing young boars in semen production
• Zero bioburden is consistently achievable in boar semen extender production using the Minitube HyVat Station
• Reprotoxicity in plastic materials
• Sample preparation for CASA analysis

• Why is identic temperature at ejaculate collection and examination so important?
• Practical management of temperature during semen collection and dilution
• Temperature management in semen production: slow moves are better moves
• Can we handle boar semen beyond the +17°C paradigm?
• Challenge: semen transport at high and low ambient temperatures

• Impressions from the EuroTier 2010
• Quality Control of Porcine Semen Extenders - the safe way
• Hygiene and antibiotics – effective tools to produce high quality boar semen
• Laboratory - Design for Hygiene
• ClearGlide - well known product in a new shape
• Time to say goodbye - Old lady retires after 18 years

• Evaluation of semen quality: morphology
• Automatic filling systems for boar semen
• Androstar® Plus - Extender medium for long term preservation of boar semen
• How breeder Giles found his clear solution
• New posters made by Minitüb
• Minitüb at the Eurotier