UK: Texel and Hampshire breeders finalize import of semen from Great Britain

In search of consolidating the high genetic quality and productive capacities, the sheep breeders imported semen from the Texel and Hampshire Down breed, coming from Great Britain, being the second purchase made from that market. The first was carried out last year, when the sheep industry celebrated the historic importation of sheep embryos from Texel and Suffolk, which arrived in Paraguay after two years of joint work by the public and private sectors. The arrival of the consignment of semen from breeds related to the sheep industry to the country was through some cabins. The former president of Texel and one of the importers, José Ruiz Díaz, mentioned that they had been working for years to open up these purchases. “Last year the first importation of embryos was achieved and this year it was semen, the latter was more than 400 doses requested by 14 herds. Obviously, what is surprising is that a surplus was acquired for sale to the public, which was finished in less than 24 ...