The Home-Built Power-pole Breeding Mount or “Phantom” – How to build a phantom mare (breeding mount) for collecting semen from stallions. Detailed plans for a homemade power-pole mount. By Jos Mottershead Building a phantom mare (breeding mount) for stallions can be cheap and easy and we have built a lot of these very simple power-pole breeding mounts (also… Read More »
Cryptorchidism in the colt – This article describes the different forms, tests, resolutions and outcomes of cryptorchidism seen in the male horse (colt or stallion). by Jos Mottershead Prior to a colt foal being born his testicles are “stored” within the abdominal cavity. Shortly before birth they descend through the inguinal ring, and into the scrotum. Sometimes for… Read More »
Phantom Training The Stallion – An Overview – A short description of phantom training the stallion in order to collect semen for AI, using the breeding mount. By Jos Mottershead Phantom training is not as hard as one might imagine it to be. It involves conditioned reflex response (remember “Pavlov’s dogs” from school science?) The response is of… Read More »
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 »
Cooled Semen Extender Evaluation Service Facts about cooled semen extenders and your stallion Not all stallions have sperm that will respond the same to all extenders; Not only do different extenders have different ingredients, but there can be a difference in the response you see from your stallion’s sperm to different antibiotics used within those extenders! There is… Read More »
Shipped Semen Evaluation Service Have you ever wondered what the semen you ship out really looks like at the receiving end? Have you ever had a situation where the sample you sent was reported to you as being “dead”, but the one you saved from the same ejaculate for evaluation was very much alive? Have you even just… Read More »
Equine Reproduction Facebook Group Please note that the Equine Reproduction Facebook Group is not the same as the Equine-Reproduction.com periodic newsletter list! To sign up for the newsletter, please go to the foot of any page on the site and enter your e-mail address in the box shown there where it says “Join our Mailing List”! Equine Reproduction… Read More »
Stallions Standing at our All Breed Stallion Station In addition to its other services, Equine-Reproduction.com LLC also offers an all breed stallion station servicing any and all breeds of stallions at its facility in Oklahoma, where breeding stallions may be managed for the breeding season, housed permanently, or scheduled for drive-by collections. Stallions can have semen collected and… Read More »
USDA Approved Pre-export Isolation* Equine Semen Export Facility Frozen horse semen – Equine Semen Export Facility * The term “quarantine facility” although often used in this context for a facility for semen export is technically incorrect. The correct term is “pre-export isolation facility” Equine-Reproduction.com LLC operates a USDA-approved equine semen export facility for collection of frozen horse semen… Read More »
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 »
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