AI In Sheep & Goats In South Wales - Laparoscopic Artificial Insemination

Laparoscopic artificial insemination (LAI) involves key hole surgery to directly inseminate a ewe or does uterus. This means a smaller amount of semen is required to achieve fertilisation. Its benefits are:

• LAI can be carried out with both frozen and fresh semen
• The use of frozen semen allows new genetics to be brought into a farm without having to purchase a new ram/buck
• One jump of fresh semen can be put over 40 ewes allowing for a tight lambing period to one ram
• It is a cornerstone of inseminating donor ewes for embryo flushing 

Laparoscopic AI Planner

Getting your head around synchronisation for AI can be difficult. Download this spreadsheet and input your ideal lambing date. The sheet should reload with key dates for the synchronisation programme. These dates are a guide and a personalised programme will be created for you.

AI Synchronisation Spreadsheet