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So How Long Does Frozen Equine Semen Remain Fertile?

Posted: | June 14, 2015

It’s a question periodically asked, and durations as long as 10-50,000 years have been suggested as answers, but although that sounds good, what is the actual known duration of viability of stored frozen equine semen? Last year, Equine-Reproduction.com LLC was asked to assist in fertility evaluation of semen frozen from the great Olympic show jumper “Galoubet A”. Galoubet himself had… Read More »

AQHA Cryopreserved Reproductive Material Rule Change Leaves Some Confused

Posted: | April 12, 2015

In 2003, the AQHA rewrote a rule to allow indefinite use of cryopreserved sperm, embryos or oocytes with which to register a resulting foal following the donor’s death or sterilization. The industry “scuttlebutt” suggests that the owner of a stallion which had died contacted the AQHA and showed a willingness to pursue legal action if the then-existing rule… Read More »