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.
Mares with uterus unicornis can successfully reproduce with the help of embryo collection and transfer procedures.
An overview of the mare breeding process with fresh semen, cool-transported semen, and frozen semen.
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.
Mares may be bred by natural cover or artificial insemination, depending on breed registry regulations, preference of the stallion owner and/or mare owner, location and availability of the stallion and mare, cost, safety concerns, experience of personnel, and other factors.
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.