John Olson Almquist (February 10, 1921 to September 6, 2015) earned his doctoral degree from the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences and became a pioneer of dairy reproductive physiology there, establishing the college's Dairy Breeding Research Center in 1949. He found that adding antibiotics to bull semen reduced bacterial growth and improved fertility, and discovered that milk could be used as a medium for preserving bull semen, advances that improved dairy cattle artificial insemination. He received the Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 1981 for this early work.
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Defining ContributionEstablished the Dairy Breeding Research Center at Penn State in 1949 and pioneered adding antibiotics to bull semen to reduce bacterial contamination and preserve fertility for artificial insemination, along with the use of milk as a semen extender. Work recognized with the Wolf Prize in 1981. 1 In the Other Atlases
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John Olson Almquist (February 10, 1921 - September 6, 2015) was an American scientist who earned his doctoral degree from Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Almquist pioneered research showing how antibiotics could preserve bull semen by reducing bacterial growth, promote healthy fertility, and lower embryonic loss.
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