Artificial insemination, the manual deposition of spermatozoa in the reproductive tract of a sexually receptive
female by the use of artificial means, is considered the first reproductive biotechnology. It was created with the
major intention of controlling the dissemination of venereal diseases and it still remains the most important
technology for safe gene dispersion in the breeding of an animal livestock.
The biotechnology of artificial insemination has also provided the future developing other assisted reproductive
biotechnologies, such as semen cryopreservation and sexing, as well as alternative methods for semen deposition,
oestrous cycle regulation and control or embryo transfer.
Artificial insemination facilitated the choice of using the best possible males of proven quality in improving the
genetic makeup of the bovine population, thus conveying to the primary goal for breeding, the increasing of the
productivity and the profitability of the commercial herds, by increasing the number of the offspring produced by
selected genetically superior males.
Due to the fact that buffalo is one of the main dairy animal in many countries of the world, but not in the
European countries, excepting Italy or Bulgaria and taking into consideration that Romanian buffalo livestock
decreased so much, meanwhile the consumers trend in buffalo milk products is increasing, it is of major importance
for Romanian scientists and animal breeders to focus on this species advantages.
The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of buffalo age on some morphometric quality traits
and to relate them to the animal fertility, thus contributing to the success of buffalo artificial insemination.
Many authors suggest a correlation between the morphometric characteristics and males fertility in the ejaculates
of dogs, stallions, boars, rabbits and bulls.