ABSTRACT
Artificial insemination is one of the oldest tool for livestock improvement, it involves collecting semen from a sexually mature male animal and depositing it into the reproductive track of a female animal by artificial means.
Artificial insemination in rabbit involves semen collection using locally assembled artificial vagina, conventional vagina and taxidermy dummy, semen analysis using a microscope to assess for motility and concentration, semen pooling ,estrous synchronization using GnRHa ,and introduction of semen into the reproductive track.
The aim of this project is to assess reproductive outcomes of semen collected using conventional AV, reproductive outcomes of semen collected using locally assembled AV reproductive outcomes of semen collected using taxidermy dummy, comparing the average reproductive outcomes of semen collected using conventional AV, local AV, as well as taxidermy dummy and statistically analyze outcomes to check for significant difference.
Artificial insemination using semen collected from mature bucks using locally assembled artificial vagina(LAV),conventional artificial vagina(CAV) and taxidermy dummy(TD) . The average of gestation length was lowest for LAV (32.89 days ) while CAV and TD had gestation length of (33.11). However there is no significant difference. The average number of kits was 5.222 for LAV while TD and CAV both had averages of 4.222. There is a significant difference as number of kits for LAV was higher due to environmental factors. Weight of kits for LAV was the highest (0.1978kg), while CAV had (0.1811kg) and TD had (0.1729kg). Semen can be collected using LAV, CAV and TD.
