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Essential Materials and Equipment Required for Semen Banks and Collection Centres
Semen banks need specialized equipment to ensure the proper collection, evaluation, processing, preservation, and storage of semen samples.
Equipment
Equipment required for semen banks includes:
- Phase contrast microscope with stage warmer
- Laminar air flow
- Accucell photometer/calorimeter
- Pipettes with tips
- Test tube stand
- Water bath
- Semen dilutor
- Sugar tubes
- Refrigerator
- Instrument cabinet to store the sterilized materials
- UV lamb for sterilization
- Ethylene oxide sterilizer
- Autoclave
- Hot air oven
- Artificial vagina
- Graduated semen collection vials
- Bio-freezer
- Cold handling cabinet
- Air conditioner
- Wide mouth container
- Freezing racks
- Magnetic stirrer
- Conical flask, measuring cylinder
- Glass distillation unit/Millipore water apparatus
- Glass funnels
- Aluminium foil
- Haemocytometer
- Glass slides, cover slips
- Spirit lamp
- pH meter
- Watch glasses
- Test tubes
- Filter paper
- Forceps
- Gum boots
- Plastic trays
- Enamel trays
- Nose rings for bulls
- Nose punch for bulls
- Thermometer
Chemicals
Chemicals required for the semen collection process and handling procedures include:
- Tris
- Citric acid
- Fructose
- Glycerol
- Penicillin G sodium, streptomycin sulphate
- Eosin stain
- Nigrosin stain
- Rose Bengal stain
- Giemsa stain
- Formalin
- Potassium permanganate
- Absolute alcohol
