The idea behind the GEDIS® is to maximize

the efficiency of both labor and reproductive performance during insemination.

The GEDIS® is a complete insemination unit

with the semen and catheter “All-In-One”. The semen is packaged along the length of the catheter shaft in a collapsible membrane.

The semen is held in the GEDIS® by a temperature sensitive gel plug which is designed to

melt at 100°F. Once the GEDIS® is inserted, the sow’s body temperature activates the

insemination process by warming the semen and the gel plug up to 100°F. As a result, the gel plug melts and the semen is released.

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For everyone to succeed in today’s increasingly global livestock industry, we must identify and develop solutions to lower overall production costs and improve production efficiency to allow producers to stay competitive in this rapidly changing market.

With this in mind, in early 2001, the GEDIS® AI catheter was

introduced to the European market. Today, over 5.5 million doses of semen are packaged using the GEDIS

® catheter

every year.

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No more time wasted holding the bottle or tube for minutes on end, while other sows are waiting to be bred. This innovative c o n c e p t p r o d u c e s significant time savings during AI (up to 75%).

The GEDIS® “Auto-

Insemination” concept allows the technician to breed more females in a shorter amount of time while improving the quality of breeding through better hea t de tec t ion and stimulation of sows.

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The GEDIS® is simple to use. Its “All-In-One” concept does not require any additional

supplies. The technician only has to carry the catheter. It does not require pre-warming, and once the GEDIS

® is inserted, the sow’s body temperature drives the insemination process.

The GEDIS® is designed to suit the reproductive requirements of the ovulating sow.

Individually sealed, the GEDIS® improves sanitation and optimizes hygiene. The design also

incorporates a multi-flange tip which prevents the back flow of semen from the cervix and increases semen retention.

Research has proven that breeding technician fatigue occurs when a technician inseminates too many animals in a short time period. It was reported that technicians, performing more

than 10 inseminations before taking a break, have farrowing rates reduced from 85% to 78%. More than 15 services without a break show a further reduction in farrowing rate to 71%.

By reducing the time per service, the GEDIS®

reduces technician fatigue and improves the consistency of matings. In addition, once the catheter is inserted during insemination, the GEDIS

® allows for hands free insemination so

technicians are able to concentrate on better heat detection and stimulation during the breeding process.

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By increasing breeding consistency during insemination, breeding becomes “child’s play”. The majority of producers using the GEDIS

® AI catheter have seen an improvement in reproductive

performance. The following results are from field trials which were conducted in several countries. These trials clearly show that the GEDIS

® AI catheter is a tool to increase productivity and decrease

production costs. Field trials have been conducted at multiple commercial breeding facilities in the United States. In these trials the GEDIS

® “All-In-

One” AI catheter manufactured by Genes Diffusion was compared with existing conventional AI methods using splitted ejaculate.

In a second trial, the average insemination time of a technician us-ing a GEDIS

® AI catheter was compared to a technician using con-

ventional AI catheters with a dose hanger or other apparatus to hold a semen dose. This trial was conducted on a 2,200-sow herd over a 9-week period in 2003. The results of this trial are listed in the following table. (Table 2) In this trial, the average insemination time with the GEDIS

® was

1.54 minutes while the average insemination time using conven-tional AI was 2.83 minutes.

Number

Bred

Number

Farrowed

Farrowing

Rate (%)

Total

Born

Average

Total

Born

Average

Fertility

Index

GEDIS® 616 522 84.70 %(a) 6,568 12.58

(A) 10.66

(ab)

Conventional AI 639 528 82.63 %(a) 6,418 12.16

(B) 10.04

(ac)

GEDIS® Advantage 2.11 % .42 6.17 %

a - Different superscripts denote significant differences (P< 0.05) within column. A, B - Different superscripts denote significant differences (P< 0.05) within column.

ab, ac - Different superscripts denote significant differences (P< 0.05) within column.

USA

Conventional AI

14,522 Sows

GEDIS®

6,952 Sows

Farrowing Rate 83.1% 84.4%

Avg.Total Born 12.00 12.40

# of Farms 154

Services 21,283

Farrowing Rate 87.7%

Avg. Total Born 13.15

The following data shows the impact of the GEDIS® AI catheter in 154 sow production facilities in

France. The data clearly demonstrates the ability of the GEDIS® AI catheter to maintain breeding

consistency and production over a large number of various sites.

France — 2002

GEDIS® AI Catheter Conventional AI Method

# of sows 545 542

Average Time 1.544 2.834

GEDIS® Savings 1.29

If the farm does 250 matings / week

Labor Savings / Wk 5 Hrs 22 Min

Table 2

The GEDIS® had a clear advantage of over 1.29 minutes compared to other conventional AI methods.

Data was analyzed by incorporating a fertility index. The index was calculated as follows: (Farrowing Rate x Avg. Total Born) = Fertility Score. (Table 1)

Type of AI Catheter Conventional AI GEDIS®

Litters Farrowed 201 249

Farrowing Rate 88.15% 87.98%

Total Born /Litter 12.34 13.08

Fertility Index 1087.86 1150.08

Sows breed 228 283

“With the GEDIS®, the performances are excellent (table above), compared to classical AI. In

addition to an increase of over a pig per litter the producers save a lot of time. Our new stud will soon package everything in GEDIS

®”.

Keith Poulson: Sales manager—Rattlerow Seghers—UK

Source: Rattlerow– Seghers

Mexico

Type of AI

Catheter

Females

Bred

Farrowing

Rate

Total Born Born Alive Fertility

Index

Classical 3,360 77.6% 10.62 9.64 824

GEDIS® 1,077 82.0% 10.72 9.71 890

Total 4.4% 0.12 0.07 66.28

A trial was conducted at La India, a 15,000 sows system in Mexico. Both AI system were compared side by side at 10 farms over a 6 months period. The table above, reports the combined results.

United Kingdom

Mexico — Comparison of two methods of insemination – Jose Castaneda PhD

This research was done at a 1000 sows farm. Each week, all the sows were inseminated by GEDIS

® or conventional AI, alternating catheter every other week.

GEDIS® TRADITIONAL No. of sow Inseminated 618 591

No. of sow Farrowed 508 464

Farrowing rate % 83.3(a) 78.5(b)

Average and Standard Deviation Total Born 10.8±0.4 10.8±0.4

Average and Standard Deviation Born Alive 9.9±0.4 9.7±0.3

Average Parity 3.9±0.5 3.8±0.4

Fertility Index 899.64(a) 847.8(b) a,b Different superscripts denote significant differences (P< 0.05) within column.

These data were obtained from Pigchamp program. Farrowing rate was better with GEDIS® by

4.8%, that could be due to the fact that with GEDIS®, insemination time is reduced, and timing

between inseminations are more accurate. With traditional methods, the technician starts insemination at 8 am, and finishes at 10 am and start again at 4 pm. Also, GEDIS

® method is more

hygienic and allows better boar stimulation.

Spain — Comparison of different insemination techniques in swine – ITG Navara

4 different insemination techniques were evaluated (traditional, GEDIS®, Intrauterine and deep

uterine insemination)

• For the first two insemination systems (Foam Tip and GEDIS®), a concentration of 3.5 billion

spermatozoa in 100ml dose volume was utilized.

• In the Intrauterine a concentration of 1.17 billion spermatozoa in 33ml dose volume was used.

• In the Deep Intrauterine system a concentration of 350 million in a 10ml dose volume was used.

• Females were inseminated on 11 different farms, between March, 2003 and June, 2003.

• At each farm 5 sows were bred using each system for insemination.

• Females inseminated at each farm were from the same post-wean group.

• In most farms females were inseminated 3 times, some farms only conducted 2 inseminations.

• The Deep Intrauterine Catheter was discontinued after 3 farms due to problems with the application, injury to females and the refusal of producers to continue with this system.

• Reproduction performance and labor time required for insemination were analyzed (table 1 & 2).

The GEDIS® AI catheter displayed an appreciable advantage in time with respect to the other

types of AI catheters used in the trial. With the GEDIS® an average technician time of 45 seconds

was required to identify the female in heat, insert the catheter and apply stimulation. This compares to the Traditional AI catheter average time of 158 seconds and with the Intrauterine AI catheter, which averaged 161 seconds per insemination. (See Table 2)

Insemination

Method

Total Females

Bred

Total Females

Farrowed

Farrowing

Rate

Total Born Fertility

Index

Traditional AI 170 137 80.6%(a) 11.6 934.9(a)

GEDIS® 175 149 85.1%(a) 11.5 978.6(a)

Intrauterine 177 110 62.1%(b) 11.2 695.5(b)

a,b Different superscripts denote significant differences (P< 0.05) within column.

Table 1 — Combined reproduction data

Insemination Method

Average Technician Time per

Insemination

Traditional AI 158 Seconds(a)

GEDIS® 45 Seconds(b)

Intrauterine 161 Seconds(a)

a,b Different superscripts denote significant differences (P< 0.05) within column.

Table 2 — Average labor time required by insemination

Labor and Time SavingsLabor and Time SavingsLabor and Time SavingsLabor and Time Savings Field trials also evaluated the amount of time necessary for a technician to breed females using both the GEDIS

® and conventional AI methods (without using a dose hanger or other device). The

technician’s time is defined as the length of time it took for a technician to identify and inseminate. The following is data from a survey of 42 French producers with 4,252 females being mated using either the GEDIS

® AI catheter or conventional AI methods. Matings in this trial that used a

conventional AI method (either a bag or cochette) had no additional support device to hold the dose during insemination. Comparison of technician labor requirements involved in inseminations using either the GEDIS

® AI

catheter or manual insemination using a conventional AI catheter are shown in the graph above. In this trial, the average time the technician spent with the GEDIS

® was 2 minutes and 14 seconds

while the average technician time using manual insemination and conventional AI was 5 minutes and 19 seconds. In this comparison the GEDIS

® had a clear advantage over conventional AI

methods of over 3 minutes and 5 seconds; a time savings of 58%.

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• Capacity: 250 / hour • Manual placement of the GEDIS

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the machine • Peristaltic pumps fill the GEDIS

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• 70 to 85 Ml per dose • Very reliable

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the machine • Peristaltic pumps fill the GEDIS

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• 70 to 85 Ml per dose • Reliable and cost effective

♦ 3 chamber machine (Serie 900)

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GEDIS® Packaging systems are available to fit any packaging need

from a small on-farm lab to larger production boar studs.

• Capacity: 100 / hour • Crank operated • 80 to 85 Ml per dose

Semi automatic System: fills 2 or 3 GEDIS® at a time.

♦ 2 chamber machine (Serie 400)

♦ Manual System (Serie 500): fills one GEDIS® at a time.