What Makes Some Stallion Semen Subpar?
Heather Smith Thomas
June 14, 2024
Learn about 14 factors that can affect your stallion’s fertility.
Learn about 14 factors that can affect your stallion’s fertility.
Researchers found that adding trehalose to stallion semen extenders significantly increased post-thaw viability.
Owners and veterinarians involved with two small-scale horse breeding operations share their secrets to success.
Given the right conditions, equine embryos produced in a lab using ICSI can lead to pregnancy rates of approximately 70%, researchers say.
Researchers identified three ways to help improve pregnancy and foaling rates: breeding mares multiple times in a season, inseminating close to ovulation, and choosing a stallion with progressively motile sperm.
Where do we go from here? Find out from Charlie Scoggins, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACT, who’s a fertility clinician at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.
Ejaculate with less than 20% urine contamination might be suitable for freezing without centrifugation.
This can pose a problem for mare owners working with a limited breeding window due to the short lifespan of the mare’s oocyte and the stallion’s sperm.
An equine reproduction specialist shares tips for breeders to help them make the most of the latest research.
Is your stallion expected to perform in both the breeding shed and the arena? Here’s what you need to know.
Vets can use intracytoplasmic sperm injection, oocyte transfer, and cloning to help subfertile mares produce foals.
Dr. Terry Blanchard shares studies on endometritis, semen extenders, stem cell therapy, and more.
Mares had higher pregnancy rates per cycle as sperm numbers and number of inseminations per cycle increased.
The codes are a guide to preventing and controlling equine diseases that could threaten the breeding industry.
A reproduction specialist reviews how to freeze semen so veterinarians can carry out the process in their practices.
Researchers determined that air-dried sperm can be kept for up to four weeks before being used to produce an embryo.
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