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 at the Stallion Station In addition to its other services, Equine-Reproduction.com LLC also offers a stallion station servicing all breeds at its facility in Oklahoma, where breeding stallions may be managed for the breeding season, or housed permanently. Stallions can have semen collected and shipped from the facility, including to Canada (currently under CEM restrictions for semen… 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 »
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 »
Semen extending calculator – Can’t do the semen extension calculations? Use our free semen extending calculator! Enter data, hit a button, get the answer, print it out! Some of the entry fields here are optional, and the page can be used to only calculate doses, or to allow creation of a printable form for sending with the shipment.… Read More »
The Artificial Vagina – 5 different commonly used types of equine artificial vagina compared – Colorado, Missouri, French (INRA), BotuPharma (Brazillian) and Roanoke The artificial vagina or “A.V.” is the tool most commonly used for semen collection from stallions for use in artificial insemination programs, for the semen to be frozen, or for analysis. There are many types… Read More »
How Progressively Motile Are Those Sperm? – A comparison of videos of CASA evaluations showing poor, good and excellent progressively motile sperm. A useful teaching aid for vets and breeders. “Motility” evaluation – description and use. A basic evaluation of a stallion’s semen will include a review of samples under the microscope to determine if and how the… Read More »