Iranian Scientists Achieve Artificial Insemination Technology for ‘Arian’ Crossbreed of Roosters
‘Study of the quality of sperm of the Arian crossbreed rooster under physiological conditions, refrigeration and freezing’ was the title of the postdoctoral project of the National Institute of Animal Sciences Research, which was carried out by Fatemeh Zareyee, under the guidance of Nader Asadzadeh, a member of the faculty of the University of Tabriz, and with the support of the National Science Foundation of Iran.
“Since the most important factor for success in artificial insemination of chickens is access to healthy and fertile sperm, conducting research on access to frozen rooster sperm for artificial insemination is definitely one of the most important necessities in the poultry industry. For this reason, many efforts have been made in recent years to optimize cryo-diluents in order to improve the quality of frozen sperm,” Zareyee said.
She added that the purpose of the research was to obtain a cryo-diluent specifically for Arian rooster sperm to provide a frozen sperm bank and expand artificial insemination technology in the Arian crossbreed, which fortunately was achieved.
According to the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture in April, the nominal capacity of chicken meat production in Iran is 2.3 million tons per year.
The ministry has also announced that Iran is among the top 10 countries in the world in establishing a chicken meat production line.
A memorandum was signed by the head of Iran’s Veterinary Organization and Gholam Ali Forouqi, the head of the Iranian Chicken Meat Chain Producers Association.
This cooperation is aimed at providing health supervision over various integrated chicken meat production chains, facilitating the production of safe and exportable products, and implementing international standards such as HACCP, GMP, and GHP.
The main objectives of the memorandum include complying with current country laws, creating a unified approach in administrative affairs, developing sustainable exports, and updating the national program to improve the health quality of chicken meat.
Chicken line is one of the best breeds in the field of food security and Iran is one of the six countries in the world that owns Arian crossbreed chicken line.
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