inseminate
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Once Crowe had gained her trust, he was able to artificially inseminate her using sperm from a male crane.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
Male bedbugs also display homosexual behaviour, and even try to inseminate other species.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2023
If successful, the work will be the first to artificially inseminate zoo ocelots with wild sperm and then repopulate the species in the wild.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 4, 2023
The reason isn’t romantic: Female termites can’t store sperm, so they need a male to inseminate them over and over.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
Use 0.1 c.c. of the mixed liquor to inseminate each of a series of three nutrose surface plates.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)
If a breeder inseminates cows with semen from an infertile bull, the cows will not become pregnant.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024
Female orcas kept captive in marine zoos can be artificially inseminated to breed more calves, which can later be used to attract more visitors and perform in shows.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025
But it doesn't end there: the unsuccessfully inseminated cows often cause further problems to the farmers, as they don't give birth to calves and no longer produce milk, meaning the farmer has to replace them.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024
Yet in the past Swanson successfully inseminated three zoo ocelots using frozen nonwild sperm, resulting in kittens.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 4, 2023
In 2012, she was artificially inseminated after unsuccessful natural breeding with Tian Tian and became the first giant panda in the country to give birth after the use of frozen semen, experts said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
Due to her status, in the city, she was given the permission to be artificially inseminated from her choice of genes, preserved from the time of Omega 4 - EAST's construction.
From Scorched Earth by Petrovic, Walter D.
And with each insemination costing 80 Swiss francs, that can soon eat up a breeder's budget: a typical Swiss dairy farm spends several thousand Swiss francs a year on artificially inseminating its herd of cows.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024
Kiken is one of about a half-dozen doctors who have been publicly accused of covertly inseminating patients with their own sperm.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2020
As for Phoenix’s much commented-on speech, yes, OK, he talked about “artificially inseminating cows”, not a subject generally associated with the Oscars.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2020
Currently, Colorado has no specific law against doctors using their own sperm when inseminating a woman from an “anonymous” donor.
From Fox News ● Oct. 29, 2019
Dr Barwin was previously sanctioned in 2013 for artificially inseminating three patients with the wrong sperm at his Ottawa clinic.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2018
