California Agriculture (Dec 1951)

Artificial breeding of turkeys: Artificial insemination of turkeys requires exacting procedures but does offer specific advantages

  • F Lorenz,
  • J Carson

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 12

Abstract

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Artificial insemination of breeding turkeys seems to offer three specific advantages over natural mating: 1, elimination of the need for saddles and thus of damage to the hens by the toms, 2, fewer males needed, and 3, increased fertility.