Collecting semen

Collecting semen from a stud dog is very simple. A female in heat is brought together with the male. When he tries to mount her, his penis is redirected into an artificial vagina and stimulated to cause an ejaculation. The presence of the female is useful to excite the male and makes collection easier. (During estrus, organic compounds known as ‘pheromones’ are excreted from the female’s vagina. These airborne chemicals are responsible for attracting males from long distances to the female. They even indicate the stage of her heat.) However, such females are not always available when a male is to be sampled. In that case, a common practice is to save and freeze cotton swabs that we have wiped through the vagina of a female when she was in peak estrus. At the time of semen collection, the swabs can be wiped around the tail area of any dog (even a spayed one). The male will then respond to her just as if she were in heat.

Collecting material

For your convenience we have designed a product kit containing all the necessary equipment for the semen collection, with the confidence that any product will affect negatively or will be spermicide.

• 1 Tube collection.
• 3 cones, suitable for the glans penis of the male.
• 2 pairs of nitrile gloves (never should have talcum powder, as this is a spermicide). Double gloving technique, which involves working with two layers of gloves to clean the foreskin with the first glove at the moment you start removing these early ejaculation gloves and collect semen with uncontaminated gloves.
• 1 10 ml Syringe
• 1 Can MRA 20 ml for sperm conservation. Temper to 35-37 ° C at the time of collection so that there is no difference of + – 1 ° C between the diluent and the semen.
• 2 disinfectant wipes. It is very important to reduce bacterial contamination around the foreskin by disinfection.