Quote Originally Posted by evolutionkennels View Post
depends on quality of semen. Super quality.. one straw, shitty quality 5 straws. its relative to the quality of the semen.. nothing else
Yes, to further what Evo said, you need a certain number of active sperm cells to continuously wiggle up against the egg to break through the outer boundary.

One sperm cannot (by itself) break through the outer layer of the egg.
It takes a high number (I forget how many) to constantly wear-down the outer layer of the egg, before one of them finally breaks through.

High sperm quality = lots of healthy sperm per ml
Poor sperm quality = not a lot of healthy sperm per ml

Therefore, if you have high quality semen, only 1 straw is needed to inseminate,
whereas with poor quality semen you need a lot more straws to bring the same amount of healthy sperm cells into the arena.

Jack


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