News - SpermVital

Masterrind will launch SpermVital

Masterrind will offer the SpermVital technology on their semen doses from the fall of 2017.
Masterrind is the largest bovine breeding company in Germany with a total sale of 3 million doses annually. Masterrind will offer the SpermVital technology on a number of bulls of the Holstein breed and on a number of beef bulls. Masterrind has experienced that customers are asking for the SpermVital technology and will therefore, launch it in August. SpermVital will give the farmers a bigger window for...

05.11.2017

SpermVital in Germany

SpermVital has signed an agreement with Alpengenetik in Germany.
Alpengenetik is a combination of four genetic companies in Germany and Austria. They have about 230 000 inseminations yearly on Braunvieh in their area and export around 230 000 doses. Alpengenetik will launch SpermVital in the late fall of 2016 and during the month of November there will be a launch meeting with German and Austrian veterinarians to further educate them on the benetfits of SpermVital.

10.27.2016

Expanding in Austria

Oberösterreichische Besamungsstation GmbH in Hohenzell is also launching SpermVital in Austria and exporting SpermVital together with Genostar through Genetic Austria.
The SpermVital production team has already been to the laboratory in Hohenzell to produce SpermVital doses for both the domestic and international market. Currently, both Genostar and Oberösterreichische Besamungsstation have launched SpermVital and therefore, the farmers in Austria will have access to SpermVital on a variety of...

04.12.2016

SpermVital in Austria

Genostar will launch the SpermVital technology in Austria this fall.
The SpermVital production team will travel to Austria for production before the summer to plan for the market launch. The farmers in Austria will finally be getting the advantages of the SpermVital technology with increased flexibility and the ability of grouping inseminations together. The SpermVital technology will also help increase the pregnancy rates on repeat breeders. Genostar will sell the SpermVital technology on bot...

05.28.2015

New research project through Regional Research Funds in Norway

SpermVitals project «New products for improved cost-effective production of cryopreserved semen with high fertilization ability» was granted through the Regional research funds in Norway this summer.
The project is a collaboration between SpermVital, Cryogenetics, SINTEF and Geno. SpermVital and Cryogenetics offers products and services within artificial insemination for the national and international markets for cattle and fish respectively. Both companies experiences an increased demand and ...

11.26.2014

SpermVital from young bulls

SpermVital from young bulls is for the first time being launched in Norway and the insemination technicians and veterinarians are currently receiving their first available SpermVital doses from these young bulls.
There are 1 750 doses produced of each young bull in Norway, and currently 300 of these doses are now being produced with the SpermVital technology. The bulls are distributed through 5 different groups throughout the year, and the first group is currently being distributed. The added...

09.01.2014

SpermVital has been granted funding for a new research project in Norway

SpermVital semen partly dissolved in the alginate under in vivo like conditions after 18 hours.

The projects is through the Regional research funds in Norway (Inland) and entitled "Immobilization of sperm cells prior to cryopreservation for gradual release over time in vivo, increased sperm longevity and improved fertility."
The fundamental idea of this project is to develop a new and improved SpermVital product, which provides further increased sperm longevity and improved fertility. Through this project, there will be research on immobilization and freezing technology, development of...

05.12.2014

SPERMVITAL IN SPAIN

As of March 1, Aberekin started selling SpermVital semen produced on 15 selected bulls including both dairy and beef breeds in Spain.
Aberekin believes that the Spanish dairy farmers will benefit greatly from the SpermVital technology by increasing pregnancy rates or by increasing their overall flexibility as well as giving farmers an option to inseminate early. Being able to inseminate early will reduce inseminations during times that are not optimal and also provide opportunities to group mo...

04.07.2014

SUCCESS FOR SPERMVITAL AND SWISSGENETICS

October first, Swissgenetics successfully launched SpermVital on most breeds in Switzerland and on the breed Brown Swiss internationally. The sales are above expectations and the demand among the Swiss farmers is very high. The Swiss farmers are benefiting greatly from the SpermVital technology by increasing the pregnancy rates on repeat breeders. Furthermore, the farmers are also given more flexibility due to the option of inseminating early. They can also group more of the inseminations...

01.07.2014

Minister of Agriculture visits SpermVital

Researcher Anne Hege Alm-Kristiansen and Minister of Agriculture Mr. Trygve Slagsvold Vedum

SpermVital hosted a meeting with the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture and Food, Mr. Trygve Slagsvold Vedum on June 24th. The minister visited our laboratory to get an insight of the company’s technology and research. The Scientific researchers Anne Hege Alm-Kristiansen and Godlove Bai demonstrated the difference between SpermVital semen and ordinary semen and showed him how we analyze semen and what determines the quality of semen. He also got an insight in how we work to develop the...

06.26.2013

Boosting conception rates with SpermVital

In the May 2013 issue of British Dairying there is an article on the impressive improvements in conception rates that producers are starting to see with the use of SpermVital. “Conception rates for conventional black or white herds are typically around 35% and in comparison we’re consistently recording rates of 60% or better where the technology has been used” says Wes Bluhm, the managing director of Geno UK . SpermVital is currently available in the UK on Norwegian Red Sires and is sold...

06.14.2013

Increased markedshare for SpermVital in Norway

SpermVital increases the odds of a successful fertilization. Here Norwegian Red cows in Norway. Photo: Solveig Goplen, Geno

The overall marketshare for SpermVital in Norway has increased from around 12 percent in 2012 to 15,8 percent so far in 2013.
SpermVital is available in about half of the Norwegian Elite bulls and the overall marketshare within the available bulls is around 40 percent. The use of SpermVital in Norway is recommended within these areas: Early insemination, Increase flexibility, Uncertain heat signs, In cows that return to heat

04.17.2013

Holstein with SpermVital in Poland

PH Konrad and SpermVital have finalized a contract regarding the right to sell Holstein SpermVital semen in Poland.
PH Konrad is the largest importer of semen in Poland and represents several of the large international A.I companies on the Polish market. They have their own sales force and also their own independent distribution net and they sell to both farmers, veterinarians and A.I. technicians in the Polish market.

01.08.2013

Swissgenetics will launch SpermVital

As of October 2013, Swissgenetics will start selling SpermVital semen produced on a few selected bulls from several breeds.
The preliminary plan is to launch SpermVital on the following breeds: Holstein Brown Swiss Red Holstein Simmenthal Swissgenetics believes that Swiss dairy farmers will benefit greatly from the SpermVital technology by increasing pregnancy rates on repeated breeders. Furthermore, the farmers will be given more flexibility as well as an option to inseminate early to reduce...

12.10.2012