inseminate
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Once Crowe had gained her trust, he was able to artificially inseminate her using sperm from a male crane.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
She had hoped to artificially inseminate ocelots at three zoos as part of a project to save these small, elegant spotted cats in the wild.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 4, 2023
Semen from a Merino ram from Australia was used to artificially inseminate 35 Romney sheep on two farms in Gwynedd.
From BBC ● May 15, 2023
But the timing was crucial: Females usually lay two or three eggs and the moment one egg is laid is the right time to inseminate the next one.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 8, 2022
Use 0.1 c.c. of the mixed liquor to inseminate each of a series of three nutrose surface plates.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre
If a breeder inseminates cows with semen from an infertile bull, the cows will not become pregnant.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024
Female orcas kept captive in marine zoos can be artificially inseminated to breed more calves, which can later be used to attract more visitors and perform in shows.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025
But it doesn't end there: the unsuccessfully inseminated cows often cause further problems to the farmers, as they don't give birth to calves and no longer produce milk, meaning the farmer has to replace them.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024
Reeves and Swanson artificially inseminated nine zoo ocelots with sperm from the wild Texas animals in 2021 and 2022, and no pregnancies resulted.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 4, 2023
In 2012, she was artificially inseminated after unsuccessful natural breeding with Tian Tian and became the first giant panda in the country to give birth after the use of frozen semen, experts said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
Richalé married a girl that he had studied with, at the beginning of the same year that Dioneza was artificially inseminated.
From Scorched Earth by Walter D. Petrovic
And with each insemination costing 80 Swiss francs, that can soon eat up a breeder's budget: a typical Swiss dairy farm spends several thousand Swiss francs a year on artificially inseminating its herd of cows.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024
Kiken is one of about a half-dozen doctors who have been publicly accused of covertly inseminating patients with their own sperm.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2020
They had collected it with the intention of artificially inseminating the females, including southern white rhinos.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2020
As for Phoenix’s much commented-on speech, yes, OK, he talked about “artificially inseminating cows”, not a subject generally associated with the Oscars.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2020
Currently, Colorado has no specific law against doctors using their own sperm when inseminating a woman from an “anonymous” donor.
From Fox News ● Oct. 29, 2019
