Techniques for Cooling Equine Spermatozoa Review Quiz

1. What are some major advantages of artificial insemination:

Eliminates cost and stress of shipping mare
Increased use of genetically inferior stallions
Skill and practice needed to learn insemination technique
Semen from all stallions useful

2. Cold shock occurs because of :

lipid bilayer damage
semen cooled too fast
altered protein function
all of the above

3. When cooling semen, it is important to:

dilute the semen with water
cool slowly to 5°C
decrease membrane fluidity with egg white
all of the above

4. Fertility of cooled semen depends on the:

stallion
storage time and temperature
skill of the inseminator
all of the above

5. All Breed Registries allow AI.