Single shot stock of animal semen for artificial insemination of birds, especially turkeys, hens, and guinea fowl

Abstract

The present invention relates to single shot stocks of animal semen to be used for artificial insemination of poultry such as turkeys, hens and guinea fowl, of the kind comprising a tube presenting an opening of relatively small diameter so that the semen introduced therein can be maintained therein by capillarity alone so as to avoid the use of any bung. The object of the invention is to provide a stock of semen of the kind referred to which avoids any risk of waste of material. To this end, the invention provides a stock of the kind comprising a tube made of relatively flexible material presenting an opening for receiving the semen whose diameter is significantly greater than the thickness of the cylindrical wall, one end of the tube terminating in a brim forming by bending the end of the wall within the tube, characterized in that this brim is shaped so that its free edge comes into direct contact with main cylindrical wall of the tube.

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