Question
(a) What is artificial insemination ? Give its significance. (b) Write a note MOET.
Solution
Artificial Insemination- It is the process in which the semen collected from a superior quality male is injected into the reproductive tract of the selected female by the breeder.
The advantages of artificial insemination are as follows :
• Semen can be used immediately or stored/frozen and used at a later date when the female is in the right reproductive phase.
• Semen can be transported in the frozen form to a distant place where the selected female animals are present.
• Semen from one selected male animal can be used on a number of female animals.
(b) Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer Technology (MOET) is a method to improve the herds. in which the feamle is administered with hormones (like FSH) to induce follicular maturation and super ovulation, i.e., production of 6-8 ova in one cycle.
