SEMEN TEST BULL BREEDING SOUNDNESS EXAMINATION B.B.S.E.
50 NORMAL, CYCLING, DISEASE FREE COWS 60% (In 3 weeks) and 90% (In 9 weeks) PREGNANT AT 42 DAYS FERTILE
COW BULL MULTIFACTORIAL
COW CYCLING Nutrition Days since calving Age of puberty DISEASE FREE Pestivirus Vibriosis Trichmoniasis Leptrospirosis ??????????? HEALTHY UTERINE TRACT Infection Scaring Cystic Ovary Freemartin
BULL SOUND SERVING ABILITY Mount Penile Erection and extension Intromission (seeking) Thrust DISEASE FREE Pestivirus Vibriosis Trichomoniasis ?????????? SPERMATOZOA Numbers Motility Morphology
COMPONENTS BULL BREEDING SOUNDNESS EXAMINATION 1. PHYSICAL EXAM 2. EXAMINATION OF REPRODUCTIVE TRACT 3. SCROTAL CIRCUMFERANCE 4. SEMEN COLLECTION AND EXAMINATION 5. SERVING ABILITY / CAPACITY
GENERAL HEALTH WALKING ABILITY NORMAL FEET NORMAL LEG STRUCTURE PHYSICAL EXAM
PENIS & PREPUCE SCROTUM & TESTICLES SEMINAL VESICLES REPRODUCTIVE TRACT
PENIS AND PREPUCE
SCROTUM & TESTICLES
TESTICULAR VOLUME OR WEIGHT DAILY SPERM PRODUCTION (Cells / gm) BIGGER NOT NECESSARILY BETTER BUT THERE IS A MINIMUM – Bos Taurus - Minimum 34 2 yrs (2:1 L:W) – Bos Indicus - Minimum 30 2 yrs (2.4:1 L:W) SCROTAL CIRCUMFERENCE
ARTIFICIAL VIRGINA (AV) SEMEN COLLECTION ELECTRO-EJACULATION (EJ) MASSAGE
GROSS MOTILITY (x100) - Score 1 to 5 (Concentration, % Motile & Velocity) PROGRESSIVE MOTILITY (x200)0 – 30% Fail 30 – 60% Multi-Sire > 60% Pass MORPHOLOGY (x1000)0 - 50% Fail % Qualified Pass (QF) > 70% Pass SEMEN EXAMINATION
SEMEN SCORE & MORPHOLOGY
SERVING ABILITY SERVING CAPACITY
1.KNOCKS OUT WORST BULLS 2.DOES NOT RANK BULLS 3.HIGH PROBABILITY OF BEING FERTILE - NOW 4.NOT A GUARANTEE, BUT A GOOD INDICATION OF POTENTIAL END RESULT
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