Artificial Insemination Services of Northern Colorado

05/12/2026

Beef Cattle: Breeding and Reproduction | UT Beef & Forage Center https://share.google/wUD5Ubx6UhVnvlhBn

05/19/2023

Natural service has its drawbacks compare to AI this is why:

■Genetic progress is slower.
■Bulls can become injured, sick or die.
■Bulls must be fed and maintained year- round despite narrow window of use (60 days).
■Each bull needs a breeding soundness examination before every breeding season.
■Bulls increase risk of damage and injury to farm personnel and facilities.
■Bull purchases represent a significant farm biosecurity risk.
Without accurate record keeping and sire replacement, inbreeding will occur.

05/18/2023

The following information provides guidelines for understanding and figuring out Stocking Rates

05/18/2023

05/18/2023

Goals and Benefits of Synchronization Programs.

■Make AI and heat detection less labor-intensive.
■Encourage cycling females to conceive earlier in the breeding period.
■Induce cycling in post-partum anestrous cows and pubertal heifers
■Narrow the breeding season duration
■Narrow the calving season duration to meet market targets and/or concentrate farm labor efforts.
■Improve reproductive efficiency
■Contribute to improvements in herd genetics, carcass quality and farm profitability
■Realize increased financial returns from AI bull calf sales.

05/17/2023

Timed AI (TAI) is a procedure when synchronization is coupled with breeding with no observation of the cattle for signs of estrus. Cattle are simply run through the chute at the appointed time and bred.

05/17/2023

Interesting!

Artificial insemination (AI) is one of the most effective tools available to cattle producers to improve productivity and profitability of their cattle operation.

05/17/2023

Why use artificial Insemination?

A cattlemen may choose to utilise artificial insemination (AI) in their herds for several reasons including:

■Genetic improvement.
■To increase production.
■Access to genetics from across the world
■Access to genetics from bulls that they would not otherwise be able to afford to purchase.
■To reduce the number of bulls required
■Access to breeds that are not available locally.
■to join a bull with more females than he would be able to serve naturally in one mating season.
■To mate individual cows to specific sires
potential increased value of progeny from AI sires.
■To reduce the risk of infection from venereal diseases.