Abstract

Accelerating genetic gain in poultry breeding with reproductive biotechnology tools is quite important as it is practiced in other farm animals. Over the years application of reproductive biotechnology techniques in poultry breeding has been limited to Artificial Insemination (AI) in most parts of the world. Although this technique has greatly assisted breeding of large poultry species type of birds like turkey, ostrich etc. However, complementing this technique with other advance reproductive biotechnology techniques, such as semen dilution, semen liquid storage and cryopreservation of gametes and embryos is quite important. Achieving this ditto field application in poultry breeding like it is done in cattle will be of greater advantage to genetic improvement and in-situ conservation in poultry species. This few pages’ opinion, therefore, harnesses the challenges and solutions to accelerate genetic improvement in poultry species through the application of advance reproductive biotechnology tools.

Keywords:Poultry; Genetic gain; Reproduction; Biotechnology; Breeding