The West Coast Equine Reproduction Symposium is held as a supporting meeting and fundraiser for the International Symposium on Equine Reproduction. This latter symposium is normally held every four years, but has been delayed from its scheduled year of 2022 (the last having been held in Cambridge, UK in 2018) until next year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. It… Read More »
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 »
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 »
ISER XIII Postponed Until 2023 Sadly, the thirteenth International Symposium on Equine Reproduction, which was to have been held 23-29 July, 2022 has been postponed until the following year as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. ISER XIII will now be held July 10-14, 2023. This unique quadrennial symposium sees leaders in the equine reproduction world share… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 (the full… Read More »
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 »
Equine reproduction in the UK has received a boost in that noted specialist Dr. Jonathan Pycock is now BEVA (British Equine Veterinary Association) president. Dr. Pycock is encouraging increased research and presentation of the subject, and an enjoyable first step is the Equine Veterinary Journal’s release of 10 papers viewable on-line by all. These are available on the… Read More »
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