Looking for ways to build agriculture learners’ competence and confidence in their pig artificial insemination (AI) skills? The Swine Breeder™ artificial insemination simulator can help! Read on to explore the unique features of this hands-on learning aid.
Hands-on Pig AI Practice
This sturdy, life-size simulator can be used to practice pig AI. Learners can even sit on the simulator as they check for standing heat and replicate AI techniques. It comes with a spiral-tip catheter to teach correct positioning and insertion techniques as well as effective semen deposition.
Piglet Farrowing Training
In addition to pig AI, the simulator can give learners hands-on practice farrowing piglets in normal and abnormal delivery positions. The simulator comes with two fetal pig models of realistic size and weight to practice with.
Curriculum Included
To save instructors time, the simulator comes with a downloadable, three-lesson curriculum that covers swine reproductive systems, basics of pig AI, and proper AI techniques. With presentation slides, student activities, and assessment tools, the curriculum features up five hours of teaching content.
Career Preparation and Exploration
This pig AI simulator can help learners develop technical skills that are essential for various careers related to swine production and animal husbandry, such as swine breeder, livestock technician, and veterinary technician. It can also be used for career exploration in a middle school setting, helping students discover whether they have an interest in agriculture, veterinary medicine, or biotechnology.
Additional Resources
- See how one college agriculture science program uses this simulator and other hands-on tools to bring lessons to life in this customer story
- Explore more swine skills training tools here
- Read this customer story to learn about a TikTok teacher who uses this simulator and others to recruit learners to his agriculture classes
