Fact sheet: Native grain species
Trees, shrubs, grasses and even small herbs produce seed. Seeds are designed to have carbohydrate, protein and enzymes for young plants and are excellent food...
Published: 3 Mar 2015
Author(s): Bathgate, Roslyn, Johinke, Danielle
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DownloadCommercial rabbit breeding is becoming more dependent upon successful artificial insemination (AI) programs. Unfortunately, rabbit farms in Australia are still limited to the use of freshly diluted sperm collected from bucks on-site due to the low fertility and prolificacy rates achieved using stored rabbit semen. This project aimed to formulate a semen diluent that would enable the storage of rabbit semen for a minimum of 72 hours and facilitate the transportation of rabbit semen across the Australian rabbit industry.