Standard for complaints when purchasing young boars
The BRS insemination stations that have signed the agreement
- carry out quality management with systematic self-monitoring in accordance with the BRS manual for work processes and hygiene in semen collection stations,
- subject themselves to regular quality monitoring with a control and advice by experts from recognized scientific reference laboratories,
- jointly promote reproductive research in the Association of Bioeconomic Research (Förderverein Bioökonomieforschung e.V. FBF)
- ensure the quality and performance benefit through regular staff training and international exchange of expertise.
Semen quality of young boars
The following minimum requirements apply to semen quality:
| Characteristics | Minimum requirements |
| Colour | grey-white, white, yellow-white |
| Rigidity | whey-like to milky |
| Contaminations (urine, blood, purulent discharge) | none |
| Odor | neutral |
| Volume without bulbourethral gland secretion (ml) 100 | 100 |
| Volume without bulbourethral gland secretion (ml) 100 | Age of the boar:
≤ 9 months: 0,150 > 9 months: 0,200 *) |
| Total number of spermatozoa (billion/ ejaculate) | Age of the boar:
≤ 9 months: 15,0 > 9 months 20,0 |
| Motile spermatozoa (%) | 70 |
| Motile spermatozoa up to 72 h preservation (%) | 65 |
| Morphologically abnormal spermatozoa | ≤ 25 |
| Spermatozoa with head deformations (%) | ≤ 5 |
| Spermatozoa with acrosome alterations (%) | ≤ 10 |
| Spermatozoa with cytoplasmic droplets (%) | ≤ 15 |
| Spermatozoa with bent tails (%) | ≤ 15 |
| Spermatozoa with other morphological deviations (%) | ≤ 15 |
| Germ content in the first ejaculate examined | No germs pathogenic for animals or humans |
*) this value may be up to 20% lower for ejaculates with a volume > 250 ml
The guaranteed standards apply to the sale of breeding boars that are to be placed in an insemination station.
