Category Archives: general

When is an Embryo not an Embryo?

Posted: | February 2, 2021

Equine Pregnancy Terminology – Conceptus? Embryo? Fetus? Abortion? Stillbirth? Premature? So many terms – a little light offered here in so much confusion! By Dr. Neil Williams, Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. There are different terms to describe the developing foal in utero. Furthermore, certain terms are used to describe the foal when it… Read More »

Individual Tuition

Posted: | December 17, 2020

One-on-one Horse Breeding Training While we are renowned for offering short courses on the subject of horse breeding worldwide, we not infrequently encounter people either at the courses or through our website who are in need of more specific one-on-one horse breeding training. Perhaps they do not own stallions but want to learn more about the reproductive aspects… Read More »

Frozen Semen – part 2 of a 2-part article

Posted: | November 10, 2020

Frozen semen preparation and use – An overview of frozen semen – Part 2 of a two-part article which appeared in the “Canadian Morgan” magazine in the November 2000 issue. By Jos Mottershead Part 2; published in “Canadian Morgan” Magazine, Nov/Dec 2000 issue. Part 1 is in this link Mare Monitoring and the Insemination Process From the mare… Read More »

Equine Reproduction Books

Posted: | November 3, 2020

Equine Reproduction Books (presented in part in association with amazon.com) More equine reproduction books will be added, either reviewed or not, as they come to our attention. If you are familiar with a particular book which you would like to recommend, please click here and use the form to send us the information (title, author, publisher) and if… Read More »

Services

Posted: | October 28, 2020

Available Equine Reproduction Services Read about our Epididymal Flush Semen Freezing Service below! Sperm motility evaluations are performed using our Hamilton-Thorne CEROS Computer Assisted Semen Analyzer! Semen Freezing Services Equine-Reproduction.com staff have been successfully freezing stallion semen for over 30 years. Being involved in research has permitted some innovative techniques to be used and developed, allowing, for example,… Read More »

FAQ’s about Frozen-Semen

Posted: | October 23, 2020

Frozen Semen FAQs – New to using frozen semen? If you have questions, here we offer answers to some of those we hear relating to frozen equine (stallion) semen! Q:  What are the advantages and disadvantages of equine (stallion) frozen semen? A:  Frozen semen advantages include: No requirement to schedule shipments of semen to fit the mares ovulation… Read More »