Guidelines for using the bull breeding soundness evaluation form

P J. Chenoweth, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University
Fred M. Hopkins, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
J. C. Spitzer
R. E. Larson

Abstract

This article discusses the application of breeding soundness evaluation in bulls to determine the male fertility traits and reproductive performance. The different steps in conducting breeding soundess evaluation such as physical examination, reproductive examination (including scrotal circumference measurement), and collection and examination of semen along with mating behaviour and examination of reproductive diseases in bulls are included.