Animal reproduction technologies unit

Infrastructures
Research areas
  • Life & Medical Sciences
Contact
Available for external users?
Yes
Description

This facility is designed to support projects and validation activities for the livestock sector in a field that is highly important both from a production and an economic perspective: animal reproduction.

Its aim is to reduce technical and scientific uncertainty and provide evidence to support knowledge transfer to public authorities and industry stakeholders.

Its activities focus primarily on the sheep sector and are closely linked to the Experimental Dairy Sheep Flock.

Equipment and capabilities

  • Artificial vagina for semen collection.
  • Semen quality assessment.
  • Preparation of insemination doses.
  • Oestrus synchronization protocols.
  • Preparation and hormonal treatments for multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET).
Services
  • Breeding and reproductive improvement programmes
  • Artificial insemination and MOET services
  • Technical training
Location

NEIKER

Arkaute Agri-Food Campus, N-104, km. 355 – 01192, Arkaute (Alava)

Other info
Livestock and Agricultural Production:
- Biotechnology, Biological Processes and Systems
- Biosanitary Technologies

Application sectors

  • Agri-food sector