Define artificial insemination. Write down two advantages of it.

Artificial insemination is the process of injecting the semen obtained from a desired male bull of high milk yielding breed into the genital or reproductive tract of female animal during heat period to get the desired progeny of improved breed.

Advantages:

(i) It is economical because semen from a single bull can be used to impregnate several thousand cows.

(ii) It gives high rate of successful fertilization.