Artificial Insemination
Earners of the Artificial Insemination badge have developed the skills needed to effectively artificially inseminate a heifer or cow. They are competent in skills such as practice with working with young heifers and cows, estrous synchronization, palpating the cervix, and negotiating the AI gun through the cervix.
- Type Learning
- Level Foundational
- Time Days
- Cost Paid
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Successfully complete a 2.5-day training consisting of a combination of classroom and field work. During the session, participants will learn the basic and reproductive anatomy and of a cow and receive an introduction to the equipment used for artificial insemination. They will practice using the equipment in a hands-on simulation before receiving field training on live cattle. Participants will have to opportunity for supervised practice on 4-5 cattle to complete the training program.