At this year´s Boar Semen Conference Minitube hosted a delegation from South America. The vets from Brazil and Chile have been working for years with new methods and technologies in porcine production. Focus of interest was the exchange of information for further professionalization and automation of semen production laboratories. For this reason, Minitube organized a visit of the boar stud Herbertingen.
Herbertingen, one of the three studs of the association of pig breeders in Baden-Wurttemberg produces about 400.000 doses per year with about 200 boars and has been a satisfied customer of Minitube for decades
Dr. Beate Schumann guided the delegation of veterinarians personally through the modern laboratory and explained the production process. Furthermore she gave a detailed explanation about the operation of individual machines.
With regard to the optimization and automation of the laboratory processes, mainly the filling machine for boar semen MiniBSP and the CASA system Sperm Vision were studied carefully by the guests.
The laboratory operates on the main production day with a 14-year-old BSP, which still provides good service. In June this year, the laboratory also invested in a new MiniBSP to increase the efficiency
With Sperm Vision Automorph, Herbertingen owns the most powerful version of the CASA system of Minitube, which automatically analyzes the number of spermatozoa with protoplasmic droplets and bent tails, in addition to motility and concentration of the ejaculate.
Equipped in this way, it is no problem for laboratory staff in Herbertingen, to produce about 4.900 semen doses on a single Monday morning.
After the tour, a lively exchange of information about boar semen production in Germany, Brazil and Chile, took place, from which both sides obtained interesting results.
Minitube, organizer of the experience exchange, sees his expertise not only in manufacturing and supplying high quality products. Service and consulting are also among the core competencies if the company and are often used and valued by customers.