Veterinary Andrology and Reproductive Techniques

INSEMINATING WITH GERMAN MINITUBE STRAW

• For German minitube straws the gun and sheath are different than French gun and sheath.
• The gun is made of stainless steel rod of 18 inch long and the sheath has special arrangement at its tip and is called as plug tipped sheath.
• The minitube after cutting at one end is inserted in the sheath (cut end downward) and then gun is fitted.
• At the time of insemination, the semen is deposited by pressing the gun and the sealing ball is retained at the tip of the sheath.
• After insemination it is taken out and the sheath along with the empty minitube are discarded.
• By this method with German gun medium French straw can also be inseminated but with the French gun minitube cannot be inseminated.