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In May of 2020, the US Jockey Club introduced a rule limiting the number of foals that would be registered per year per stallion to 140. At the time, Equine-Reproduction.com, LLC opined that this rule would be challenged and dropped. In February 2021, three of Kentucky’s largest stud farms: Spendthrift Stallions, Ashford Stud, and Three Chimneys Farm did… Read More: Rule Limiting the Number of Foals Dropped by Jockey Club »

Antibiotic Access to become Rx in USA to Help Reduce Antibiotic Resistance There has long been discussion about the dangers of antibiotic resistance. “MRSA” is an acronym that many have heard and know to be a “bad thing” but perhaps are not aware of what it actually means. The full term – Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – is pretty… Read More: Antibiotic Resistance to be Addressed by Access Restrictions in USA »

Vale Dr. Peter Rossdale It is with sadness that we report the passing of another great founder in the area of modern equine reproduction and veterinary practice, Dr. Peter Rossdale. Dr. Rossdale graduated in 1952 from the UK’s Royal Veterinary College, then for the few years following worked in general and equine practices in other clinics before setting… Read More: Dr Peter Rossdale »

EVJ ART Articles – A collection of assisted reproduction technique articles have been collated by British Equine Veterinary Association 2021/22 president Huw Griffiths and Dr. Tom Stoute, Chair of Equine Medicine and Reproduction at the Department of Equine Sciences, Veterinary School at Utrecht. They had been previously published in the Equine Veterinary Journal, are free to view until… Read More: EVJ ART Articles (Temporarily) Free to View! »

Professor W R “Twink” Allen – It is with the greatest sadness that we share the report the death of Professor W R Allen on June 6, 2021. Professor “Twink” Allen was a master of the craft of equine reproduction. A leader in developing new technologies which we today take almost for granted, he was also a tremendous… Read More: Professor W R “Twink” Allen »

Vale Peter Brunelli It is with great sadness that we report the death of Peter Brunelli, founder and operator of Universal Ultrasound (https://www.universalimaginginc.com), which later became Universal Imaging. Peter – who was born in the Bronx in New York City – was the quintessential “wheeler dealer” and was always ready and willing to do almost everything to “make… Read More: Vale Peter Brunelli »

We are continuing our operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, running our normal business hours – 9 to 5 weekdays and 10 to noon on weekends. Semen shipments are being made as normal and we have seen only some delays in courier activities. As always, we ask that you order overnight semen shipments by 10 am CST on the… Read More: Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic »

For the first time in over a century, Texas is opening a new veterinary teaching hospital. In response to an increased demand for more veterinarians, Texas Tech University is opening a vet school at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Amarillo. Around 40% of veterinarians in Texas are 60 years of age or older. In 2017,… Read More: New Veterinary Teaching University in Texas, USA! »

Returning to its origins, ISER XII was a resounding success! Held 44 years after the First International Symposium on Equine Reproduction (ISER) was held in Cambridge, UK in July 1974, ISER XII gathered veterinarians, researchers and scientists from around the world from the 22nd-27th of July this year. With presentation topics too numerous to list here (although we… Read More: ISER XII was a Resounding Success »

Zoetis Canada has stopped production of the Equine Arteritis Vaccine “Arvac”. We have been advised that the item is “discontinued” and that there is no intention to recommence production. Given that there are EAV-positive and shedding stallions in Canada, this is a bad situation for North American breeders. Canada has a low incidence of EVA, but – as… Read More: Important Notice for Breeders in Canada! »