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 »
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 frozen semen? A: Frozen semen advantages include: No requirement to schedule shipments of semen to fit the mares ovulation time. The… 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 »