INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE LOUISIANA
        ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION PROGRAM
        AS CARRIED OUT BY
         LOUISIANA ANIMAL BREEDERS COOPERATIVE, INC.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
.     On-farm delivery of semen, nitrogen and supplies on a regular basis.
.     Breeding technician service is available in six areas of the state.
.     Large selection of both Dairy and Beef sires.
.     Herd Analysis Program is available upon request to both Dairy and Beef cattlemen.
.     AI Training Schools are held three to four times a year whereby some 75 individuals are trained according to NAAB-approved standards.
.     Custom storage of privately-owned semen is routinely provided.
.     Long-Term Custom Collection of semen from privately-owned bulls is provided.
.     Four area fieldmen provide routine service statewide.
.     Top quality semen from proven sires are available from several organi zations through LABC.
.     Semen is processed in .5-ml straws and meets all NAAB-CSS standards.
.     All herd sires are routinely health tested to meet NAAB-CSS standards at least twice yearly.
.     Housing facilities include spaces for some 70 bulls.
.     Semen is evaluated for quality parameters before processing and after being frozen to insure a top quality product.
.     Progeny tests 10 dairy sires each year.
INDUSTRY AFFILIATIONS
.     LABC is a member of a Federation which is composed of Eastern Artifi cial Insemination Cooperative and Atlantic Breeders Cooperative.
.     The Federation was formed on January 1, 1986 to provide a close working relationship between the three cooperatives in all phases of AI activity.
.     Federated Genetics is a marketing partnership of the Federation which distributes semen in some domestic areas as well as many export markets.
.     LABC is a member of World Wide Sires which exports semen to Europe and Asia.
.     Semen distribution is available throughout the United States and all foreign markets through the three member-cooperatives, Federated Genetics and World Wide Sires.
.     LABC distributes semen from 21st Century Genetics and New Breeds Industry.
.     LABC has been a life-time member of both the NAAB and NAAB-CSS programs.

RELATED FACTS
.     Bull semen can be frozen and stored in liquid nitrogen (-320oF) and will remain fertile for an indefinite period of time.
.     Average milk production in Louisiana has more than tripled since the AI program started in 1947.
.     The average AI-proven sire is genetically superior to the average herd or naturally-proven sire. Generally, this PTA superiority for the AI sire is $140 or more.
.     The LABC AI program is headquartered at the LSU T.E. Patrick Dairy Improvement Center on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge.
.     Cooperative research activities, tours and classes are carried out with University personnel.

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