Bad Straws

3dfarms · Sep 25, 2011

I recently got several straws of semen from a local farmer who was getting rid of his tank. Haven't used the first straw but this weekend I happened to pull out one cane and noticed that every straw in that cane had somewhat of a black tent to it at the very end. Didn't take any of the straws out of the cane, just put them right back down.

My thought is that these straws have been thawed and refroze, or they the tank ran dry and then was recharged only to cause frost bite in the ends of these straws. Is that what this is?

Do you think this cane has any quality in it whatsoever?

knabe · Sep 25, 2011

probably toast. lost some that way from someone except that when i purchased it, the center i purchased it from tested the semen and said it was good, but never got a report, so i don't think the tested it. needless to say, they are not in business anymore. on the other hand, i did sell some semen from them from the 60's and it was good, so the person i bought it from probably did the damage. still it was annoying they "tested" it and said it was good. don't throw it away, try a few on an early one or just have it tested.

DL · Sep 26, 2011

3dfarms said:
I recently got several straws of semen from a local farmer who was getting rid of his tank. Haven't used the first straw but this weekend I happened to pull out one cane and noticed that every straw in that cane had somewhat of a black tent to it at the very end. Didn't take any of the straws out of the cane, just put them right back down.

My thought is that these straws have been thawed and refroze, or they the tank ran dry and then was recharged only to cause frost bite in the ends of these straws. Is that what this is?

Do you think this cane has any quality in it whatsoever?

Take a straw and look at it under the microscope using low power - better yet if you don't have a microscope or don't exactly know what you are looking for take it to your vet (frozen) and have him/her thaw it and look at it - if the sperm are dead they won't move and it is toast

3dfarms · Jan 12, 2012

Good news, the semen I really wanted from the tank was ok! Some of the semen was no good but we gave the straws to our local high school to he AI process.

hntwhitetail · Jan 12, 2012

DL said:
3dfarms said:

I recently got several straws of semen from a local farmer who was getting rid of his tank. Haven't used the first straw but this weekend I happened to pull out one cane and noticed that every straw in that cane had somewhat of a black tent to it at the very end. Didn't take any of the straws out of the cane, just put them right back down.

My thought is that these straws have been thawed and refroze, or they the tank ran dry and then was recharged only to cause frost bite in the ends of these straws. Is that what this is?

Do you think this cane has any quality in it whatsoever?

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Take a straw and look at it under the microscope using low power - better yet if you don't have a microscope or don't exactly know what you are looking for take it to your vet (frozen) and have him/her thaw it and look at it - if the sperm are dead they won't move and it is toast

What power of a microscope do i need to check on the semen??

Grousepark · Jan 14, 2012

hntwhitetail said:
DL said:

3dfarms said:

I recently got several straws of semen from a local farmer who was getting rid of his tank. Haven't used the first straw but this weekend I happened to pull out one cane and noticed that every straw in that cane had somewhat of a black tent to it at the very end. Didn't take any of the straws out of the cane, just put them right back down.

My thought is that these straws have been thawed and refroze, or they the tank ran dry and then was recharged only to cause frost bite in the ends of these straws. Is that what this is?

Do you think this cane has any quality in it whatsoever?

Click to expand...

Take a straw and look at it under the microscope using low power - better yet if you don't have a microscope or don't exactly know what you are looking for take it to your vet (frozen) and have him/her thaw it and look at it - if the sperm are dead they won't move and it is toast

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What power of a microscope do i need to check on the semen??

Good question. What power of magnification is used to view semen? Is it 100X or 430X or higher?

hntwhitetail · Jan 27, 2012

Any answers?

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