Semen Cardona researches about the reduction of the use of antibiotics in the swine artificial insemination sector

Reducing antibiotic use in the pig artificial insemination sector. This is the title of the research that, within the framework of a European macro-project of research and development (R & D), leads Semen Cardona in order to eliminate the presence of antibiotic in the preparation of doses of swine semen. The project, within a CDTI Eureka program of the European Commission, has already entered the clinical trial phase, and it’s going to conclude on 2019.

Until now, the doses of porcine semen have needed to incorporate small amounts of antibiotic in their diluent to guarantee the sanitization and eliminate any possibility of bacteriological development. Through this study, the R & D laboratory of Semen Cardona works on the inhibition of any bacteria through antibiotic-free diluents with the help of natural peptides. This is in line what is undoubtedly the future of the livestock sector with: produce without antibiotics in any of the points of the value chain. Semen Cardona believe is essential that, however difficult, this condition begins in the first gear: artificial insemination. This system will undoubtedly be an added value for the future production of seminal doses.