Artificial insemination, embryo transplantation and in vitro fertilization are all techniques used extensively in selective breeding of agricultural and domestic animals.Discuss the ethical and social considerations for their application to humans.

... Artificial insemination, embryo transplantation and in vitro fertilization are all techniques used extensively in selective breeding of agricultural and domestic animals. Discuss the ethical and social considerations for their application to humans. Artificial insemination (AI), embryo transplantation and in vitro fertilization (IVF) used in selective breeding of agricultural and domestic animals all have obvious economic advantages. AI allows decreased costs, as the male animal doesn't need to be kept, and transporting costs are decreased. Profits increase as so-called 'prize animals' can be used to produce high quality offspring and sperm can be screened for genetic defects. AI also allows animals such as pandas who are close to extinction to reproduce in captivity. This is particularly useful, as pandas have no interest in sex. AI involves placing semen into a female's vagina or directly into the uterus, by means of a catheter. IVF allows otherwise infertile couples to reproduce, as fertilization

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