The device (1) comprises an inlet element (28) comprising an interface (40) for connecting to an artificial vagina and delimiting an inlet opening (14), a filter delimiting with the inlet element (28) an inlet chamber (41) on the side of the filter turned towards the opening (14) and a collection bag (4) extending between a closed end (8) and an open end (7) in which said inlet element is engaged; said bag and said filter delimiting a collection chamber (42) on the side of the filter turned towards the end (8); by means of which the semen entering through the opening (14) passes through the filter and comes to the collection chamber (42); the filter being a perforated wall (30) having a tubular portion (22) and a bottom portion (15) closing said tubular portion, and having a surface density of orifices (24) that is greater on said bottom portion than on said tubular portion.

A behavioral training aid comprising: (a) a body; (b) a tract including: (i) a tract locking mechanism that secures the tract to an outer surface of the body; and (ii) a tract insert removably attached to the tract locking mechanism; (c) one or more legs extending from the body; and (d) one or more base supports extending from a distal end of the one or more legs; wherein the tract insert is configured to receive a receptacle so that the receptacle is elongated and forms a depository within the body.

Artificial vaginas are disclosed that include an elongate housing that may be cylindrical, a liner within the elongate housing that is attached to the elongate housing, a volume of pressurized warm air between the elongate housing and the liner, a pressure relief valve, an aperture centrally located within the elongate housing and the liner and an elongate body. The elongate body may contain a heating element, may be arranged to substantially fill the aperture and may be positioned within the aperture to prepare the artificial vagina for use.

A method of artificially inseminating a hen includes the steps of securing a male bird, applying a semen extender liquid to a tip of a cloacal protuberance of the male bird, squeezing the cloacal protuberance to extract semen from the male bird into the semen extender liquid to form a mixture, applying a tip of a pipette to the mixture, drawing the mixture into the pipette, securing the hen, inserting the pipette into the hen's cloaca, and squeezing a bulb of the pipette to inject the mixture from the pipette into the cloaca. A holding device for restraining a bird during sperm collection and artificial insemination procedures has a base, an arm extending upward from the base, and an open-ended receptacle connected to the upper end of the arm. The holding device is useful in mitigating injury to the bird and the handler during the procedures.

An artificial propagation method of Sinocyclocheilus rhinocerous, comprising placing female and male parent fish in a sterilized culture container in which a black cave simulant is placed in advance, strictly controlling the environmental parameters of the parent fish culture. The method realizes natural spawning and sperm production of S. rhinocerous under artificial conditions without using oxytocin. There is no oxytocin used in the artificial propagation, thus not only obtaining a higher fertilization rate and incubating rate, but also reducing the aquaculture cost. The operation is simpler and faster. At the same time, different feeds are fed in different growth stages according to the different growth characteristics of each stage of S. rhinocerous fry, thereby increasing the survival rate and reducing the deformity rate of fries. Therefore, the method provided by the present disclosure realizes efficient artificial propagation method of S. rhinocerous.

A doll shaped as a female canine comprising a body coupled to a plurality of adjustable limbs and having a rear hole, a tubular insert that is removable and sterilizable, wherein the rear hole is a cylindrical hollow portion designed as a tubular channel to receive the tubular insert with a plastic lining that collects the semen flow into the hollow body of the tubular insert and after using the tubular insert is removed and disinfected for the next use.

Provided herein is a semen processing device. The device is a collection cup with a top portion encompassing a collection cavity into which the semen sample is deposited and a bottom portion encompassing a processing chamber and containing the processing unit for the collected semen. A flow control valve or a serpentine channel may be disposed as part of the processing unit to regulate the flow rate of semen from the collection cavity into the processing unit. A harvesting dock is disposed through the surface of the bottom portion. The semen flows from the collection cavity into the processing unit and is harvested through the harvesting dock.

An apparatus for collecting seminal fluids, and specifically an artificial cervix for collecting seminal fluids for artificial insemination, is provided herein. The cervix comprises an elongated cylindrical member having either a closed end for receiving and storing ejaculated semen or an open end for allowing ejaculate to pass through, and an open end having a rim of a diameter sufficient to receive the penis of the animal. A handle can be detachably connected to the cylindrical member that allows users to hold the cervix in the correct position during collection of the animal's seminal fluids.

Artificial vaginas are disclosed that include an elongate housing, a liner within the elongate housing that is attached to the elongate housing, and a pressurized air tank arranged to bring the artificial vagina to an appropriate pressure. Such artificial vaginas may be brought to an operation temperature for the collection of semen by an air infuser that may contain a blower, a heating element and a shaft having a plurality of apertures through which heated air may flow.

Provided herein is a semen processing device. The device is a collection cup with a top portion encompassing a collection cavity into which the semen sample is deposited and a bottom portion encompassing a processing chamber and containing the processing unit for the collected semen. A flow control valve or a serpentine channel may be disposed as part of the processing unit to regulate the flow rate of semen from the collection cavity into the processing unit. A harvesting dock is disposed through the surface of the bottom portion. The semen flows from the collection cavity into the processing unit and is harvested through the harvesting dock.