From stud to sows – how to truck semen?

Transporting pig semen doses from boar stud to breeding farm is much more than just simple delivery. Temperature differences as well as vibrations are just two factors that can affect semen quality during the journey. Let’s follow semen dosages as they travel from the AI centre to the farm. What can happen and what needs to be looked out for? Before the onset of this imaginary journey, it is good to introduce a few vital aspects of semen transport. The most important of them is temperature. T