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MOST FARM ANIMALS ARE ARTIFICIALLY INSEMINATED: "the most commonly used method of breeding food production animals in developed countries, with more than 90% pigs and almost the same proportion of dairy cattle bred by this method in the European Union and North America." http://www.intechopen.com/books/artificial-insemination-in-farm-animals/artificial-insemination-current-and-future-trends View in LinkedIn

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION "is used in many non-human animals, including sheep, horses, cattle, pigs, dogs, pedigree animals generally, zoo animals, turkeys and even honeybees." Turkeys are reportedly now so inbred they cannot breed unaided. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_insemination View in LinkedIn

HISTORY OF ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN ANIMALS. This was the first biotechnology experiment applied to the rational improvement of farm animals. http://lnkd.in/brDeFaA View in LinkedIn

ANIMAL ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION has been applied almost ubiquitously in farm animals and as a result, an enormous clinical experience has accumulated in this sector, offering curious insights to the practice. View in LinkedIn

GENETIC VS GESTATIONAL SURROGATE. "A genetic surrogate essentially donates her own egg and is inseminated with the sperm of the commissioning man. A gestational surrogate has an embryo inserted into her uterus following IVF. The embryo is produced with the egg and sperm of the commissioning couple, or in some cases, donated gametes." http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/prb0035-e.htm View in LinkedIn

REPRODUCTIVE OPTIONS. "Twenty years ago, the only reproductive technologies available to infertile couples were artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization. Since that time, there has been an explosion of reproductive and genetic technologies, and a multitude of options are now available both to those with fertility problems." http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/prb0035-e.htm View in LinkedIn

5 MILLION IVF BABIES. "Thirty-five years after its initial success as a form of technologically assisted human reproduction, and five million miracle babies later, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has become a routine procedure worldwide." http://www.dukeupress.edu/Biological-Relatives/ View in LinkedIn

TRULY DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION: NON-FETAL ADULT SOURCES of pluripotent stem cells is a huge game-changer across the board, for fertility, for therapeutics, and much more. These induced pluripotent stem cells came from work by Professor Shinya Yamanaka and Sir John Gurden who won the Nobel Prize in 2012 for their work. http://lnkd.in/dMsngrG View in LinkedIn

SPERM AND EGG DONORS UNEQUAL. "Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) figures show there were 480 new sperm donors registered in 2010, alongside 1,258 egg donors, compared with 323 sperm donors and 1,241 egg donors in 2000." http://lnkd.in/btSmSVK View in LinkedIn

LARGE FERTILITY INDUSTRY. "Unimaginable until the twentieth century, the clinical practice of transferring eggs and sperm from one person’s body to another individual’s body is now the basis of a multi-billion dollar fertility industry." http://lnkd.in/b4-nyxp View in LinkedIn