Turkey: TİGEM made its first bull semen export to Azerbaijan

At the Sperm Production Center of Malatya Sultansuyu Agricultural Enterprise, affiliated to TİGEM, semen is obtained from bulls with high genetic capacity. It is aimed to raise cattle with higher meat and milk yields by using frozen semen delivered to farmers through the private sector. In our country, approximately 38 percent of frozen bull semen is produced at the Semen Production Center operating in Sultansuyu Agricultural Enterprise. With this ratio, the center is the semen laboratory with the highest share among licensed laboratories in Turkey and holds the leadership with its sales figure. At the Sperma Production Center, where 1 million doses of semen are produced annually, over 6.5 million doses of frozen bull semen have been produced to date. From the center to the private sector, approximately 4.7 million doses of semen have been sold to date. The laboratory, which has the capacity to house 90 bulls, currently produces semen from 37 high-quality bulls. In 2022, 916,000 ...