Laura, Do you know what kit was used? I'm thinking about doing a chilled semen with my next bitch --- esp. after the seminar Cavaliers of the Potomac put on --- the vet was only @ an hr. away from me. Debbie / Queensview ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Trunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] chilled semen
> We had a discussion several weeks back about chilled semen breedings. I > wanted to announce that I did have some (moderate) success with my own try > at chilled. This morning I had a *litter* of one puppy born, a b/t female. > Mom is a lightly marked blenheim, dad a b/t--dominant for wholecolor, but > not for black. Puppy has only the tiniest bit of white on the chest--which > will positively disappear, and a tiny dot on the chin--so essentially she > will not be mismarked at maturity to any noticeable extent. She was 9 ounces > at birth, very fat, healthy and vigorous. Now to hope she turns out typey > and structurally nice! > > Dad is CKCSC and AKC Ch. Falling Springs the Chairman--still MVD clear past > age 5. > > I think chilled can be successful especially if certain things are done. I > think it is important to try to get the semen collected, shipped and > inseminated the same day and I think it is important to imseminate any way > other than vaginally. Neither was done with this litter and we still had > success--but I think the success rate and litter size would be dramatically > improved with shorter times between collection and insemination and making > it as easy as possible for the sperm to meet the egg. In this breed, it > seems nearly all the really good success stories come when the semen is > inseminated the day it is collected and especially when inseminated other > than vaginally. When imseminating with chilled semen, it just might be a > better idea to spend your money doing a single surgical A.I. rather than > doing 2 chilled shipments and vaginal inseminations. > > Laura Lang > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. > > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
