Abstract:
Manokwari is a potential regency to be developed as a center of beef cattle production. One of the activities that have been implemented to increase the productivity of beef cattle is the technology of artificial insemination (AI). The study aims were to determine the success of AI in beef cattle and to evaluate the factors which determine success of AI in Manokwari District. The research was carried out in some districts of AI implementation namely Prafi District, Masni District and Sidey District. The research method was descriptive. The number of respondents were 75 farmers who join in AI program and 5 inseminators. The results of the study indicated that factors determine of the success of AI were thawing, inseminator experience, the number of calf birth, education level of the farmers, the time of AI, the length of work and the number of training. Indicators of artificial insemination were as follow: service per conception (S/C) was 1.8, calving interval (CI) was 12.9 months and calving rate (CR) was 47.11%. Those indicators showed that AI program in Manokwari District was successful.