Sexual behavior: attractively, proceptivity, receptivity

14 important questions on Sexual behavior: attractively, proceptivity, receptivity

How do cows/ewes/mares/sows show oestrus behaviour?

Cow













  • Restless
  • Moo more often
  • Sniffing vagina other cow
  • Mount other cows
  • Standing respons
  • Specific odour
Ewe






  • Difficult to detect
  • Wagging of the tail
  • Using a ram
Mare











  • Frequently urinate
  • Using a stalling, placing in front of the stallion
  • Blitzen: Tail sideways and upwards, expose clitoris excreting small amounts of urine and mucus
Sow









  • Clear pro-oestrus 2-3 days
  • Vulva red and swollen
  • Mount other sows
  • Backpressure test in front of a boar or person in peak of oestrus

How does a bull/ram/stallion/boar shows mating behaviour?


Bull







  • Flehmen
  • 10-30 times a day, one cow will be mated 4-5 times
  • No repeated movements of the pelvis
  • Kind of leap
Ram












  • Sniffing perineal region
  • Flehmen
  • Kicks/bounces agains ewes hindlegs
  • Fast few movements of the pelvis
  • Fast ejaculation
Stallion










  • Flehmen
  • Bites the mare's neck
  • Some movements of the pelvis
  • Nodding of the tail by ejaculation
Boar


















  • Noses the flank
  • Sniffs the genital tract of the sow
  • Olfactory (odour)
  • Auditory (grunting)
  • Spiral formed penis
  • Some pelvic movements
  • Ejaculation 4-5 minutes, no pelvic movements, rhythmic contractions of the muscles

When can semen get collected in bulls/rams/goats/boars and stallions?

  • Bulls 12 months
  • Rams, goats, boars 7-8 months
  • Stallions 24 months
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What are the most successful techniques for routine semen collection?

Live mounts such as
  • Teaser female
  • Another male / castrated male
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What is the best procedure for collecting semen and what is it's function?

Using a artificial vagina, it simulates natural copulation.

What are the 5 important and checked things for macroscopic evaluation of semen? And what is it per species, bull/boar/ram/stallion and cock?


Volume









Bull: 5-8 ml
boar: 100-500 ml
ram: 0,8-1,2 ml
stallion: 60-100 ml
cock: 0,2-0,5 ml
Color






Bull: white or gray/yellow/green
boar: colorless to white

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: No clotting/dirt
Clouding
Odor
Only by pigs

What is determined by concentration when looking at the microscopic evaluation of the semen and what are normal concentrations for bull, boar, ram and stallion?

Spectrophotometric is determined, normal concentrations for a bull is 0.3-2.5 billion per ml, for a boar 0,05-0,40, for a ram 1-5 and for a stallion 0,04-0,3 billion per ml.

When we measure sperm cells making the right movement and the quality we measure:

Motility by microscopic evaluation

What does morphology mean when looking at microscopic evaluation?

Looking at the structure of the head and tail of the semen.

Why is eggyolk of milk added by dilution? Is there more added?

To protect sperm cells against cold shock and to and nutrients. Sometimes antibiotics are added to prevent bacterial growth

How is semen stored? And at which temperature?

Fresh or frozen. Frozen -196 C unlimited, fresh 4 C several days for bulls, 16 C several days for boars

Does frozen semen affect the quality?

Yes in pigs mostly fresh semen is therefore used

How does a cow/sow/ewe/mare get inseminated?


Cow:
By a rectovaginal technique, in the cervix or uterus
Sow:
Fixed into the cervix, the sperm dose in the uterus
Ewe:
A speculum deep into the vagina
Mare:
In the uterus by manual guidance in the vagina

What does NR% means? What is the average %?

It indicates the percentage animals that have not returened to oestrus within… days of insemination. So NR%60 is 60 days after insemination. Average is 50

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