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Originally Posted by carmen in nj  I had Delilah Artificially insiminated by my Vet, I got the semen from a Great Silky Breeder in Puerto Rico, I met them during a show I attended there.
great line, Miss Delilah is 2 and a half years old and very healthy, so is the stud, let's see how this turns, I had never done this before, Repro Vet said the semen seem very good..  I have no idea how they could tell that..LOL
now to wait...
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They look at a sample under the microscope. They take a count of a few fields of one microscope slide and get an average. They look for the number of swimmers, if they are fast or slow, if any look deformed in any way. They know the number for an average count (I don't, lol), so if it's a good specimen, then the count was at least average... maybe a bit above.
I think if the sample was bad (very low count of live, active sperm), or mishandled and all the sperm died, they would cancel the procedure. Or in the case of a low sperm count, they would tell you and ask how you want to proceed: try with the sample or request another sample from the stud.