Advances, Challenges and Future of Porcine Artificial Insemination

Dear Colleagues,

The main underlying idea of this Special Issue is to highlight current research topics that address the most important issues affecting the development and improvement of reproductive techniques applied in pig production. A tentative, short list of these issues is as follows:

• Improvement techniques to synchronize sow ovulation with insemination.
• Advances in boar semen storage in refrigeration without the presence of antimicrobial chemical agents.
• Utilization of genetic factors linked to semen fertilizing ability within the current genetic selection programs.
• Analysis of mechanisms related to the resistance to storage in both refrigeration and freezing of pig sperm, oocytes, and embryos.
• Practical uses of advanced reproductive technology (from IVF to embryo sexing) in farming conditions.
• Could parthenogenesis be a future, practical technique in pig farming?

In summary, an overall approach to these issues and other complementary topics would aid investigators and guide novel approaches, allowing the optimization of pig farming within the context of a challenging future.

Prof. Dr. Joan E. Rodríguez-Gil
Dr. Olga Blanco-Prieto
Guest Editors

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