The Analysis of Semen, Livestock, Inseminator, and Feed’s Factors on The Artificial Insemination’s Success of Bali’s Cattle in The Region of Bali Cattle Center In Jambi Province

Abstract

The success of artificial insemination (AI) in Jambi Province based on the technical indicator was still not satisfactory. To increase the success of the artificial insemination is needed to analyze the determinant factors of the artificial insemination success. This study aimed to analyze the influence of semen, cattle, inseminator and feed’s factors toward to the success of artificial insemination of Bali cattle in the region of Bali cattle center in the Jambi Province. The research method of this study was a survey where the sampling technique was Stratified Random Sampling of the highland, medium/plain and lowland areas. The sample size of this study was determined by using the iteration method. The measurement of the qualitative variable used a questionnaire in Likert questions, forms, with Scale’s Summated Rating's. The analysis mode was path analysis. Partially, the factor of semen, cattle, inseminator and feed were a critical success of artificial insemination of the cattle in the Region of Bali Cattle Center in Jambi Province. The feed factor was the decisive factor that most domains (32.38%) in the success of artificial insemination of the cattle, followed by the semen factor (14.02%), and the inseminator factor (9,13%), as well as livestock factor (6.07%). For the breeder’s factor, it was not determining factor in the success of artificial insemination of Bali cattle in Jambi province.

Key words:Semen, Livestock, Inseminator, Feed, Artificial Insemination