Assisted reproductive techniques have revolutionized the field of animal breeding, as these techniques allow practitioners and scientists the ability to perpetuate the genetics of superior animals; cryopreserve genetic materials such as embryos, oocytes and sperm; allow shipping and transport of genetic material globally; enable selection and control of the sex ratio; and facilitate cloning and stem cell research.

Cloning allows you to produce an identical twin from a rockstar animal, just born at a later place and time. It allows a producer to reap the benefits of that “once in a lifetime” animal more than once in a lifetime.

La plupart des producteurs laitiers travaillent selon une routine stricte avec laquelle ils se sentent confortables. Ce confort va bien au-delà des tâches quotidiennes de la salle de traite et affecte les programmes d’élevage, impactant probablement certaines variations de la détection des chaleurs, de la synchronisation des chaleurs, de l’insémination artificielle (IA) et potentiellement de la fécondation in vitro (FIV) suivie du transfert d’embryon (TE).

Most dairy farmers labor under a strict routine they feel comfortable with. This comfort reaches well beyond daily milking parlor tasks and affects cattle breeding programs, likely touching on some variations of heat detection, estrus synchronization, artificial insemination (A.I.) and potentially in vitro fertilization (IVF), followed by embryo transfer (ET).