Abstract: A method is provided for determining quality of semen of a vertebrate animal. The method includes the following steps: measuring at least one absorption spectrum of a sample of the semen; selecting a number n of wave numbers ?j (j?[1;n]) which are characteristic of the semen of the breed or of the species of the animal; determining from the absorption spectrum or spectra of a value of the absorption Xj and/or a value of the second derivative of the absorption Xj?(j?[1;n]) for each of the n wave numbers ?j (j?[1;n]); and calculating a non-return rate Y at a predefined number of days from the absorption values Xj and/or from the second derivative of the absorption Xj? previously determined.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 15, 2016
Date of Patent:
August 13, 2019
Assignee:
UNION EVOLUTION
Inventors:
Francois Guillaume, Maena Le Corvec, Thomas De Bretagne, Gildas Michel, Stephane Basquin, Frederic Charreaux, Hughes Tariel, Benoit Guyonnet