Equipment And Techniques For Transcervical Artificial Insemination And Laparoscopic Insemination In Small Ruminants

Abstract

Equipment needs for transcervical insemination (TCI) of whitetail deer and goats are essentially the same. Transcervical insemination of sheep can use the same equipment, but pregnancy rates are low in this species with TCI and the author does not recommend this technique for use in sheep, especially with frozen-thawed semen. A list of the equipment needed and comments concerning the equipment is as follows.