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13 march 2017 | vikingnews in 2007, sexed
semen
started to be produced and commercially availa- ble from
vikinggenetics
. in 2006,
vikinggenetics
(at that time dansire) bought and installed the first two sorters and produced the first
doses
for internal trial. the trial was a success and, in 2007, the first heifer calves were born and so were the first commercially pro- duced x-vik
doses
. in the beginning, production took place eight hours three days per week, but soon it became evi- dent that it was not enough to cover the increasing demand. therefore, in 2007,
vikinggenetics
bought four additional machines, operated by eight employees working 24 hours five days a week. nowadays, there are 11 sorters operated by 20 employees produc- ing
doses
24 hours 5 days a week. in 2010,
vikinggenetics
introduced a new type of product, y-vik, a dose containing
semen
for breeding bull calves, mostly used for beef se- men. better fertility
vikinggenetics
is always keeping up with new technologies and ten- dencies. in 2014,
vikinggenetics
to- tally changed procedures and rea- gents. these new procedures called sexedultra minimalized a fertili- ty gap between sexed and conven- tional
semen
. in october 2015, a sorter of the newest type was in- stalled in
vikinggenetics
with sev- eral improvements to better utilize a decade of success with sexed
semen
by kasia kupisiewicz, research & development,
vikinggenetics
0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 sexed
doses
produced in assentoft without any doubt, sexed
semen
revolutionized cattle breeding and modern herd management. the possibility of active sex determination for newborn calves is appealing for many farmers from both economical and practical reasons. the sorting method utilizes an electric field to separate charged x- and y-
semen
cells and have been further developed, automatized and optimized for cattle.
semen
collected from young, geno- mic bulls. two million
doses
produced so far the status for sexed
semen
is prom- ising. the dose number 2,000,000 focus on excellence:
vikinggenetics
has a professional team that produces x-vik and y-vik
doses
24 hours, five days a week. was produced in assentoft in janu- ary 2017. the yearly production ex- ceeds 300,000
doses
while the de- mand is growing not only domesti- cally in scandinavia, but also in many countries worldwide. 13 march 2017 | vikingnews
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