An internal catheter has a flexible plastic inner tube with an integrally
formed protruding head with an axial channel. The internal catheter
extends through an axial channel in an exterior catheter. With the
internal catheter head withdrawn within the foam or spiral tip of the
exterior catheter, the assembly is advanced into a sow cervix, and the
internal catheter is then advanced through the tip of the catheter and
remaining portion of the cervix and into the uterine body and possibly
into a uterine horn. Semen or embryos are then introduced through the
axial cavity. The tip of the exterior catheter may have a protective flap
which is not penetrated until the inner tube is advanced therethrough. The
internal catheter axial channel may have a constricted portion within the
head, to engage a semen or embryo containing straw.