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...result of uncommon-sense reasoning, doctors are inducing early abortions with prostaglandin F2 alpha, a hormone-like substance derived from semen. The prostaglandins are a class of chemicals, 16 of which have now been isolated, that were originally believed to be secreted in the prostate gland. The first were found in human semen, which is still the richest source known. Now prostaglandins are known to occur in many other human tissues and in menstrual fluid. They are also found in the semen of sheep, and it was from the seminal vesicles of rams that medical researchers obtained their early supplies...
...company they formed-Inter-American Research and Development Corporation-is the sole Brazilian agent for Atlantic Breeders Co-operative, of Lancaster, Pa. Atlantic raises stud bulls, then harvests and freezes their semen in liquid nitrogen to a temperature...
Then Inter-American, four of whose stockholders are Fly Club members, takes over and exports the frozen semen to Brazil, where a subsidiary sells individual ampoules to Brazilian dairy farmers. "One ampoule will impregnate one cow if the insemination process is successful," said Jorge E. DeNoronha '70, treasurer of Inter-American Research...
...semen enters Brazil free of tariffs, since the Ministry of Agriculture is especially concerned about dairy production, said Carlos E. Cessermelli '71, a shareholder in the corporation. Artificial insemination from well-bred bullscan improve dairy products in two ways: it can increase milk production and improve the physical appearance of the herd, particularly in the arch of the hind legs...
Cessermelli added. "An ampoule of semen here in the United States might cost 85 cents. while you might sell it for $5 in Brazil." The exact profits. however, will depend on several variables, including transportation costs, how much semen the bull can produce, and the desirability of the bull's characteristics...