More then one fifth of the world’s cow population is now bred by artificial insemination. 20 million doses of semen were exported in the year of 1998 alone (Thibier M., Wagner H.G. 2002). There is an intense international import and export of semen today and the industry of artificial Insemination of cattle is constantly expanding.

An even newer trend in the cattle breeding industry is the increasing phenomenon of in vitro production of bovine embryos. These embryos are also being imported and exported all over the world.

The risk of transfer of bacteria and viruses, or even prions, from one country to another and one population to another is increasing and standard quality procedures are necessary.

Why not take advantage of the safety thinking already in place within the human ART industry? We can learn very much from the standardised procedures that are already in place for the handling of human embryos and spermatozoa.

The Nidacon range of animal products has been developed utilising our experience in the human ART industry. We take full advantage of our more than 10-years of research in human infertility when we develop optimised products for the bovine breeding industry.