Long-time Equine Reproduction Laboratory (ERL) team members Dr. Jennifer Hatzel and JoAnne Stokes are the magicians who help clients achieve their foaling goals through our assisted reproductive technology program.
For many years horse owners and breeders have witnessed a phenomenon known as the maternal grandsire effect.
A reproductive evaluation, often termed a breeding soundness examination, may be performed to: 1) estimate future reproductive potential of a stallion, 2) provide a routine evaluation prior to purchase, or 3) determine cause(s) of poor reproductive performance.
The main advantages of frozen semen are long-term preservation of genetic material, insurance against unanticipated loss of a stallion, access to frozen semen if fresh or cooled semen is not available, and ability to ship semen worldwide.
It’s safer and more convenient to train a stallion to mount a breeding phantom for semen collection.
The goal of a test cool is to determine if semen from a stallion cools well and to identify the semen extender that optimizes motility during cooled storage.
Equine viral arteritis is a contagious disease of equids caused by equine arteritis virus.