Tutorial 2

1. Fill in the reproductive terminology below.

Species Act offspring
Cows
Ewes
Sows
Hens
Mares
Goats

2. What is estrous cycle? And give 2 examples.

3. What is the definition of artificial insemination.

4. What are the objectives of artificial insemination.

5. List out the advantages of AI over natural breeding.

6. List out the limitations of AI.

7. High conception rate depends on

1. ……………………………………..
2. ……………………………………..

8. Below is the anatomy of sperm cell. Describe the function of acrosome located in the head of
sperm.

9. Name two of the most common method used in semen collection.

1. …………………………………
2. …………………………………
 10. Artificial vagina basically consist of 4 items.
1. …………………………
2. …………………………
3. …………………………
4. …………………………

11. Describe what is semen.

12. In good condition, semen has a smell similar to ……………………

13. Semen might be contaminated with ……………..

14. ………………. is a device for counting cell including sperm.

15. For the motility test, the movement of sperm may be

1. …………………..
2. …………………..
3. …………………..

16. Nigrosine-Eosin staining test was used to …………………………………………..

17. Describe the abnormalities of sperm as shown below.

Figure 1 Figure 2

Figure 3 Figure 4