SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SEXING OF SEMEN

Abstract

Nowadays sexing of semen is slowly developing among dairy producers and farmers and benefit both the
farmers and industry. Sexing of semen is used to sort out the healthy as well as more specific traits in which spermatozoa
are separated into X-bearing or Y-bearing chromosome populations through either selection or sorting. The sexsorted
semen is collected from genetically superior animals so the result of milk production and quality of meat will get
up to the expected level. The use of sex-sorted semen mainly produced the female heifer in dairy farms or herds
which reduced the purchasing number and price of cattle from outside. Collectively, the rate of genetic change has
been expected to increase by not more than 15% as a result of the increased selection of dams through sexed
semen.