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Worst AI year ever. What happened?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dsth" data-source="post: 1734415" data-attributes="member: 38038"><p>like other post, I have not gotten completely through a cervex and gotten a pregnancy. I did AI for my neighbor for a few years and generally had good conception rates. one year it was close to 100 degrees and sunny the whole day and he wanted his usual 8 - 12 synchronized cows/heifers bred. I did suggest waiting to breed in the morning after it cooled off, since we covered that in my AI class. He wanted it done late in the afternoon since he would be gone in the morning. I mentioned to him that a few of the cows felt warmer inside than I would like. I was not surprised when he said nothing settled and I did not have any trouble depositing semen in the correct spot. Was ambient temp a problem by chance? if not, my class also mentioned that semen should always be increasing in temp from removal from the tank until inserted in the cow. the water temp would only need to be a few degrees high to ruin the semen. it would be a good time to tell Walt how much you appreciate the AI work he does for you. hope you have a better conception rate this year and good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dsth, post: 1734415, member: 38038"] like other post, I have not gotten completely through a cervex and gotten a pregnancy. I did AI for my neighbor for a few years and generally had good conception rates. one year it was close to 100 degrees and sunny the whole day and he wanted his usual 8 - 12 synchronized cows/heifers bred. I did suggest waiting to breed in the morning after it cooled off, since we covered that in my AI class. He wanted it done late in the afternoon since he would be gone in the morning. I mentioned to him that a few of the cows felt warmer inside than I would like. I was not surprised when he said nothing settled and I did not have any trouble depositing semen in the correct spot. Was ambient temp a problem by chance? if not, my class also mentioned that semen should always be increasing in temp from removal from the tank until inserted in the cow. the water temp would only need to be a few degrees high to ruin the semen. it would be a good time to tell Walt how much you appreciate the AI work he does for you. hope you have a better conception rate this year and good luck. [/QUOTE]
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