The Collection of Cock’s Semen Without Milking the Copulatory Organ

Abstract

DIFFERENT techniques have been developed to make artificial insemination useful and practical in certain phases of poultry industry, and further work and progress is still urgently needed. These methods until now do not differ greatly than the massage method which was first practiced by Burrows and Quinn (1937). These methods could be summarized as follows: 1. The vasa deferentia is drained post-mortem (Ivanov, 1913). 2. When both hens and cocks are used together; a. The fluid is secured from the cloaca immediately after coitus using a glass spoon or pipette (Payne, 1914). b. A container is placed between the cock and hen during mating (Amantea, 1922). c. An artificial cloaca of wire and animal membrane (Ishikawa, 1930) or a rubber instrument (Timjacov, 1933) is attached to the hen during mating. d. A receptacle is attached to the cock during mating (Parker, 1939). 3. When live cocks are used alone: a. . . .