Chapter 121 Chapter 121 (Additional update)
Ye Qing became busy at the beginning of the year. After performing surgery on Liu Yuanpeng, he went straight to the military farm to arrange the breeding of sows at the breeding farm.
Different from traditional sow breeding, Ye Qing's scientific breeding adopts a more scientific method of artificial insemination.
The boar is driven onto a special iron rack, and acupuncture is used to stimulate the breeding pig to excrete semen quickly. The semen is then artificially injected into the sow's body, allowing the sow to conceive quickly, efficiently and accurately at the same time.
This method is not new in later generations, but in this era, no one has ever done this.
There are mainly two reasons why Ye Qing adopted this approach.
One reason is that there are a large number of sows on the farm, a total of 80. It is difficult to mate and conceive these sows at the same time using traditional methods. If the sows become pregnant at different times, then the delivery cycle will also be uncertain. If the staggered time is too long, it will be very detrimental to the daily management of the farm.
Another is that a boar can only breed three to five sows a day, and they need to rest for several hours in between. Otherwise, the boar will consume too much energy and the quality of semen will decrease, which will cause a decrease in the number of sow pregnancies, and even poor piglet quality. Therefore, it is impossible to naturally fertilize eighty sows in a short period of time, unless seven, eight or even a dozen boars are found to breed them.
But with so many communes in Qingshan Town, the number of healthy adult boars that can be found can probably be counted on one hand. Even if Ye Qing wanted to use natural breeding and conception, it would not be possible because the actual conditions simply did not allow it.
On the other hand, artificial insemination is much simpler than natural breeding. Artificial sperm collection once is enough to successfully impregnate hundreds of sows. This method can reduce the consumption of boar's physical energy and control the quality of semen, so as to achieve the goal of high sow production and good piglet quality.
This is the second step of scientific breeding of Yeqing, artificial selection and high-quality production.
Zhao Yuliang was stunned when he learned that Ye Qing was going to perform artificial insemination on the sows in the farm.
He had seen the New Year breeding plan for the pig farm that Ye Qing had made for him, and he also attached great importance to and looked forward to Ye Qing's plan to produce 5,000 live pigs on his own, but he had not expected that it would be done in such an unheard-of way.
In particular, the one who proposed using this bizarre method to breed sows was the underage girl in front of him.
Zhao Yuliang's expression froze.
Obviously, he is old enough to be Ye Qing's father, but when Ye Qing mentioned collecting semen from a boar, his face turned red with embarrassment. He felt embarrassed and awkward, and he dug his toes into the ground, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Looking at Ye Qing again, she discussed this matter in front of him, a gay man, without blushing or getting nervous, and her expression was as calm as if she was talking about what to eat for lunch today. Zhao Yuliang was speechless and almost knelt down to this girl on the spot.
But it must be said that this new attempt was indeed very curious. Not only Zhao Yuliang wanted to give it a try, but even the biological research team led by Qiao Youqing, when they learned that Ye Qing was going to conduct artificial insemination experiments on sows, were all curious and rushed to the farm to watch.
The army farm had no breeding pigs and could only rent them out. But this was no problem for Zhao Yuliang. When he heard that breeding pigs were needed for artificial insemination, many people wanted to come and watch the fun. Zhao Yuliang didn't even need to ask anyone for help. When Lai Guochang got to know the news, he immediately took the initiative to bring the fat, healthy boar of the year raised in the Hongqi Commune to the army farm.
Ye Qing was also busy. Before artificial insemination, the sows needed to be prepared for pregnancy. On the one hand, the feeding should be strengthened to ensure that the sows' bodies were adjusted to the best state for conception. On the other hand, the sows needed to be given acupuncture and massage to stimulate their estrus.
After the boars arrive at the farm, both the boars and sows must be carefully cleaned in advance to prevent bacterial infection. At the same time, during the semen collection and injection process, various instruments, tools and arms must be sterilized.
To be honest, Ye Qing's theoretical knowledge was very solid and complete, but it was her first time to use boar semen collection for artificial insemination of sows. However, this method has been widely used in large-scale breeding farms in later generations, which shows that this method is definitely feasible. Therefore, she still has confidence and does not think that her attempt will fail.
With the help of supernatural powers, the boar was stimulated with flying needles. Although the semen extraction process was a little unfamiliar, the result was relatively smooth.
However, Ye Qing, a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old, just started doing it directly without asking anyone for help. She also brought four female apprentices in their twenties to teach them on the spot. Not only did her hands move all the time, but she also kept talking, explaining various academic terms incessantly.
Those female disciples were a little hesitant at first, blushing and feeling embarrassed, but as Ye Qing's demonstration movements became faster and faster, the four female disciples no longer cared about being shy, and their expressions became more and more serious, with their bright eyes staring at the center of the field without blinking, for fear of missing any critical step, and at the end they even showed a hint of eagerness to try. Their fierce and ruthless energy stunned the male comrades watching from the outside.
Ye Qing was quite satisfied with the performance of these female disciples.
Veterinarians, especially those working in the agricultural field, are naturally repulsive and discriminatory towards women. If women want to enter this field and become outstanding, they must be bold, humble and not afraid of criticism. At the same time, they must not be afraid of difficulties and be able to do anything. If they can achieve these two points, they will not be afraid of not being able to make a name for themselves in this position.
There is no industry that is naturally suitable for men and women. She is now using practical actions to prove this to these girls, and hopes that these girls will do the same now and in the future.
The boar sent by the commune was in good physical condition, so Ye Qing stimulated it twice in succession for more than half an hour. After obtaining enough semen, he let the boar go back to rest.
The next step was to give the sow an artificial injection. Zhao Yuliang arranged for someone to control the sow, while Ye Qing used a flying needle to stimulate the sow's standing reflex, and then quickly and accurately injected an appropriate amount of rice green liquid into its body.
After a few times, Ye Qing gave up her position. She was only responsible for the injection, and the rest of the work was left to Gu Weinan and others. She patiently explained and gave hints to the four people so that they could accurately judge what characteristics were the sow's standing reflex and perfectly grasp the best time to inject the rice green solution.
Ye Qing herself has gone through the ignorant student days, so she naturally understands what it is like to be a student. So now that she is a teacher, she is able to put herself in the students' shoes. She has an endless variety of teaching methods and can come up with many new ones, and she can also easily help students get started quickly.
After the infusion of sperm, the sow needs to stay still for a while, and use flying needles to stimulate the peristalsis of the tube to accelerate the sperm entering the uterus and implanting. The sow should be kept in an inverted position for about half an hour, and the whole set of artificial insemination procedures is completed.
All that remains is to wait. After about twenty days, if the sow has not returned to estrus, you can presume that she is pregnant. But if she does return to estrus, you will have to repeat today's procedure again.
This was the first time Ye Qing tried this and she was still in the exploratory stage. Her movements were not skillful enough and it was normal for some mistakes and omissions to occur in the process. So for these eighty sows, she felt that a success rate of 50% to 60% would be good.
As for the failed batch, the worst that can happen is that they will be awarded Mi Qing again. In short, it’s not a big problem.
The whole day was spent in the pigsty. Ye Qing felt that the efficiency was a bit low. While taking care of the farm, the health station had to be closed, and the patients who were delayed had to be postponed to the next day.
But now she is the boss of the health station, and she does things the way she says. Wu Yongbing doesn't dare to have any opinions about her, and the patients who queue up to see a doctor dare not speak out, and have to hold back any complaints they have.
She also felt that the breeding process was inefficient. After watching the whole process, Zhao Yuliang's mouth was almost full of eggs.
Qiao Youqing was also completely stunned, and asked his researchers to take notes frantically.
He didn't know whether Ye Qing's method would work, but stimulated and inspired by Ye Qing's unconventional approach, several new ideas flashed through his mind, and he had a completely new creative idea for his current experimental project.
Xia Hangyi was among the crowd, and when he saw Qiao Youqing's inexplicable excitement and excitement, he was helping Qiao Youqing take notes while his eyes inadvertently fell on Ye Qing, who was lying in the pigpen not far away and was covered in dirt, his eyes flashed slightly.
Ye Qing seemed to be aware of something and glanced in Xia Hangyi's direction. His expression remained unchanged, but in his heart he unconsciously recalled that Xia Hangyi was the official partner of the original heroine Yin Shuang.
In the original novel, this person later seemed to cooperate with his father-in-law Yin Xiangdang, and started a biological company with the results of Han Yabo's research projects. He became famous and renowned internationally and made a fortune.
Ye Qing had no idea what this person's background was, but she would never allow such a person to use Han Yabo as a stepping stone.
Now Yin Shuang is dead, but Yin Xiangdang is still staying in the labor camp farm in Mohe. Although the main plot has become so twisted that even his mother doesn't recognize him, Ye Qing cannot guarantee that the two will not meet and commit adultery again.
Therefore, she had to find an opportunity to remind Qiao Youqing to be careful with his researchers and never leak the fact that Han Yabo came to Qingshan Farm to outsiders, especially Xia Hangyi, to prevent Han Yabo's research results from being stolen by villains again.
Ye Qing had just finished impregnating the sows on the farm when Gu Weidong called the Hongqi Commune:
"I helped you deal with your ginseng. They gave you two options, either two Dabuluo or a three-story courtyard house in the second ring of Jicheng. I thought that money was better than housing, so I chose the courtyard house. Do you think it's okay?"
Ye Qing's heart shuddered, and he almost thought he had heard it wrongly:
"Ah? How big are you talking about? Three in?"
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