Published September 19, 2023 | Version v1
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Sex Sorted Semen Technology

  • 1. Animal Genetics Division, ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243-122, Uttar Pradesh, India

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As farming has become more mechanized, male bovines have become less useful. Farmers don't want to keep bullocks for farming or any other kind of draught work. Because of this, male cows born at a farmer's house are now a problem. Farmers often let the male calves run free, which makes the number of wild animals grow. With more than 90% accuracy, new technologies like the Sex Sorted Semen in AI programme can be used to make only female calves. The use of sex-sorted sperm will be a game-changer for farms because 90% of the times, only female calves are born, instead of a 50:50 male to female sex ratio with normal semen. If it is used a lot, the number of female animals will go up. This will help farmers make more money by selling the female animals or milk. Using sex-sorted sperm will also lower the number of male cattle, which will cut down on the number of stray cattle in the country.

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