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What is an insemination dose?

April 26, 2017dose Insemination

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What is an insemination dose?

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An “insemination dose” varies from stallion to stallion, but is often 8 straws. The aim is to provide 300 million motile post-thaw sperm. Some vets and technicians use half a dose before ovulation and half after. You will receive one covering certificate per dose purchased.

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Good question. Some Stallion Stations package 800 million sperm per dose. These sperm can be packaged in just a few large 5ml straws or in as many as 12 small (0.25ml) straws. Usually, though, the semen is packaged in six to eight 0.5ml straws. Regardless of the number of straws per dose, there should be enough semen for one ovulation cycle. Many veterinarians will thaw half the straws in the dose to inseminate just before ovulation and the other half to inseminate just after ovulation.