Eye On Europe: Double AI catheter adds almost an extra piglet per litter

Tests indicated not only that average litter sizes were larger with double deposition but also that these litters could be
safely achieved with less volume of semen

by NORMAN DUNN

Spanish pig insemination specialist Magapor claims to be the first in the world to introduce a double-deposition catheter for sow AI. This is a 1.5 metre-long catheter which deposits semen under pressure, both post-cervical and intrauterine, at a ratio of 80:20.

The company claims that two years of research and field trials with the new “Maga+DD” system and trials indicate that it can give 0.7 extra field piglets per litter through helping to ensure higher sperma delivery in the uterus horns.

Better Pork - February 2009