Facility requirements
You MUST have..
Safety of both the animal and the inseminator is our top priority. In order for us to be able to safely inseminate your cattle you must have a vet crush or head bale to restrain your cow from moving. You need a kick gate to protect the inseminator.
Ideally for a large number or animals that are not 100% quiet a vet crush with a squeeze will make the procedure a lot safer and quicker as the animals movement is restricted further.
Handling of Cattle
Cattle should be brought to the yards at least an hour before the time we are due to arrive so they are calm and settled before we begin to work with them.
Cattle should always be handled in a calm and quiet manner to keep stress levels low, this is imperative on the day the cattle are inseminated as calm cattle are more likely to conceive.
We are advocates of the Low Stress Stock handling system (LSS) and strongly believe there is a correlation between stress and conception rates in cattle.
Shade
On the day we inseminate the cattle we will require shade where possible to load the AI guns. Sunlight kills semen and that is the last thing we want!
If you do not have any shade in or around your yards please let us know and we can bring our gazebo if we are inseminating large numbers.
