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ULTRAPLUS® SPERM SEX SORTING TECHNOLOGY
The sperm sex sorting technology separates female (X) and male (Y) chromosomes bearing sperms to produce high purity Sex Sorted Semen of desired gender
ABOUT ULTRAPLUS® TECHNOLOGY
Ultraplus®, sperm sorting technology produce high purity Sex Sorted Semen by Identifying and separating X (Female) and Y (Male) chromosome bearing sperms and removing Y without killing. Use of Ultraplus Sex Sorted Semen produce more than 90% female calves and reduce the male calves to less than 10%.
Normal semen contains X (female) or Y (male) chromosomes bearing sperms which determines the gender of the offspring. The ova released by female contains only X chromosomes and at the time of fertilization, if the X chromosome bearing sperm fertilizes the ova, the calf will be female (XX), and if Y chromosome bearing sperm fertilizes the ova, the resulting calf will be male (XY). Therefore, in the natural mating or Artificial Inseminations (AI) with normal (conventional) semen, there is an equal chance of getting female or male calves (50% males and 50% females).
The sperm sex sorting technology is intended to separate and select the sperms of desired gender. The highly advance and patented Ultraplus® sperm sorting technology accurately identifies and separates the X (female) and Y (male) chromosome bearing sperms and produce Sex Sorted Semen with more than 90% gender purity.
The sperm sorting technology was invented by USDA and was licensed to XY LLC which was founded in 1996. Sexing Technologies (ST) was established in 2004 and ST acquired XY LLC in 2007. Since then, ST has pioneered the sperm sex sorting technology, and developed and created Ultraplus® technology after continuous research with the combination of improved the machines, media and processes resulting in high fertility Sex Sorted Semen with 90-96% purity of desired gender.
Unique features Of Ultraplus® Sperm Sorting Technology
High gender purity and accuracy
Ultraplus® sperm sex sorting technology is able to consistently produce sex sorted semen with 90% to 96% selected gender purity and the laboratory results has already been validated from the field results across the world
Desired gender selection
Ultraplus® sperm sorting technology is able to sort Female (X) and/or Male (Y) chromosome bearing sperms simultaneously or separately which allows selection of desired gender from the same ejaculate if required, without wasting the valuable genetics
Removal of dead and dying sperms
Technology is able to remove dead and dying sperms before sorting from the raw ejaculate using the patented Ultrasep® media and remove the unwanted sperms (X or Y) during the sorting process without killing, which eliminates the dead sperms and debris in the final product
High quality control (QC) standards
ST follows the highest QC standards for Ultraplus® sex sorted semen for its gender accuracy and other QC parameters such as post thaw progressive motility of minimum 50% at 0hrs, 30% at 3 hrs and Acrosome integrity of 50% at 3hrs post thaw as the standard requirement
Technical efficiency
The technology is able to produce 30-40% more number of sex-sorted semen doses compared to that of conventional semen dose that could be produced from the same ejaculate, which reduces the wastage of the valuable genetics
Proven and patented
The field results from millions of inseminations across the world including India has proven that the Conception Rate (CR) from Ultraplus® sex sorted semen is equal to or more than that of conventional semen under similar conditions from heifers and multiparous cows and buffaloes
Benefits of Ultraplus® Sex Sorted Semen for dairy farmers
For sustainability and profitability
Over 90% Female Calves
The use of Sex Sorted Semen will result in the production of more than 90% female calves which increases the number of milking animals.
Reducing the number of male calves to less than 10% will result in increased availability of feed and other resources for the milk-producing animals.
Ultraplus® technology is also able to separate X (female) and Y (male) sperms simultaneously and or separately which allows us to produce female or male Sex Sorted Semen from the same ejaculate.
The laboratory purity also has been validated in the field to have the same results in the gender ratio of calves born.
High Fertility
The highly advance and patented Ultraplus® sperm sex sorting technology is able to separate X chromosome bearing sperms (female) and Y chromosome bearing sperms (males) and remove the Y chromosome bearing sperms during the sorting process.
The technology also removes the dead and dying sperms prior to sorting which results in the final product mostly with only live sperms. The absence of dead sperms and debris reduces the bad effects of dead sperms on live sperms which enhances conception rate.
Optimization and control of temperature and pH, oxidation reduction and nourishment of the sperms during the sorting process increase the sperm viability and improve conception rate.
Ultraplus® Sex Sorted Semen has already proven to have conception rate similar to or more than that of conventional semen under similar conditions.
Faster Genetics Progress
The use of Sex Sorted Semen will result in more than 90% heifer calves in contrast to 50% females while using conventional semen.
When using Sex Sorted Semen from bulls with superior genetics, there is a chance to have over 90% female calves from the superior bull which is over 40% more females while using conventional semen from the same bull.
Producing more females from superior bulls on elite cows heifers will speed up genetic progress through more females.
Therefore, it is important to select Sex Sorted Semen from superior bulls to inseminate the elite cows and heifers from different breeds of cattle and buffaloes.
Improved Animal Welfare
Usage of Sex Sorted Semen reduces the proportion of male calves born to less than 10% and female calves to more than 90%. This in turn will also reduce the risk of dystocia because when a female calf is born, the chances of dystocia is lower.
The reduced calving difficulties will help reducing stress, problems related to dystocia, infertility, losses in milk production, cow and calf mortality, increased culling and veterinary and management costs. Easy calving will also improve animal welfare and milk production.
It was also proven that cows that have given birth to two female calves in the two consecutive calving has produced more milk compared to those given birth to male calves.
Ultraplus® sperm sorting Video
Ultraplus sperm sex sorting technology identifies the female (X) and male (Y) chromosome bearing sperms and separates them without killing the unwanted gender.
