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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Reproduction — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYStrategies for Enhancement in Food Reproduction3 Marks
Question
Explain how and why controlled breeding experiment is carried out in cattle.
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Define artificial insemination. What are its advantages over conventional breeding?
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Answer

Artificial insemination is the process in which the semen collected from a superior male animal is injected into the reproductive tract of the selected female, using surgical instruments.Advantages:
  1. Semen can be used immediately or stored frozen and used at a later date, when the female is in the right reproductive phase.
  2. Semen can be transported in the frozen form to distant places, where the selected female animals are present.
  3. Semen from one selected male animal can be used on a number of female animals.
  4. It helps us overcome many of the problems of normal mating.

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