The Lamb Pen
General Category => All Sheep and Lamb Discussion => : henry.paris March 06, 2017, 05:52:42 AM
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I just saw an article about RamGo a non-surgical A.I. procedure for sheep. The procedure made reasonable sense to me, but I have zero experience with A.I. in sheep. Is this as advertised a new, economical ,and successful technique?
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Wow, just read this article. Certainly looks promising and the article has some educational photos as well.
http://countrysidenetwork.com/topics/livestock-topics/sheep-livestock-topics/ramgo/ (http://countrysidenetwork.com/topics/livestock-topics/sheep-livestock-topics/ramgo/)
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Good article and I would look forward to try it, I was one of the AI people would was trained doing the other method in fact I still have all the equipment we had to turn the ewes over on their back in a turn table we bred several ewes or should I say we tried to breed them only on stuck and the lamb was not good I guess they didn't nick. but this way could be real good
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Does anyone know if any of the techs are using this technique here in the US? Less invasive and less expensive both sound pretty enticing!
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Dr. Justin Luther at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls specializes in Reproductice Physiology and is a Club Lamb Breeder. He presented cervical AI in sheep at a Shepherds Clinic I was at recently. The results the were seeing were actually pretty good - not quite as good as laproscopic but not far off. The investment to get into it was relatively minimal. He has a Facebook site of Reproductive Services LLC as he does offer AI for sheep and deer.
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John, thanks for posting that Justin is doing this. I was ignoring the idea until you pointed out someone that is about 35 miles from me can do this. (And that I will probably see in 2 days.)
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Keep us updated on how it goes, Don!