The Extender preserves the Pig Semen in a liquid state.
The ’Extender for preservation of Boar Semen’, invented by the ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa has been granted Patent No. 355114 (Application No. 3037/MUM/2015, dated August 11, 2015) on 1 Jan 2021. In India, pig rearing as an organized industry has seen rapid strides since the last decade. The various governmental and non-governmental agencies, besides the industry, have been making efforts to promote pig rearing for improving the pig farmers’ socio-economic status.
The use of advanced reproductive technologies like Artificial Insemination (AI) in pigs is the need of the hour, especially, to boost pig production and profitability. The semen collected needs to be preserved for AI. However, implementation of such technology has not been truly successful to date largely due to non-permeation, technical complexities, and costs that remain beyond the reach of those involved in pig-rearing.
The Extender preserves the Pig Semen in a liquid state. It has a protocol of use that is simple, cost-effective and within the ambit of even a layman to implement. The researchers have used the product for their research work and different pig production centres in neighboring states regularly procure the extender for pig breeding through AI. The potential beneficiaries of the technology include pig farmers, researchers, state animal husbandry departments, industrialists, and agri-entrepreneurs.
