Artificial Insemination of Cattle: Current and Future Trends

Artificial Insemination (A.I) is an in vivo fertilization process to avoid sexual intercourse or in vitro fertilization. In this process sperm is introduced into a female’s cervix or uterine with the help of proper instruments for achieving pregnancy. A.I is used for human, pets, endangered animal species, livestock, animal in zoo etc. Although the A.I is very common for cattle (75% of all inseminations) and swine (85% of all inseminations). Artificial insemination is very much popular among the livestock breeder to improve their herds using the semen of the males having improved and desirable traits. Artificial insemination adoption reduces both genital and non-genital diseases considerably in livestock