Finding a Suitable Cooled Semen Facility
Terry L. Blanchard, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACT
October 1, 2002
I’m considering using shipped cooled semen for my mare. How do I find a qualified facility?
How to care for the basic health needs of horses
I’m considering using shipped cooled semen for my mare. How do I find a qualified facility?
While taking questions from the audience at a one-day behavior program in New Zealand this May, a well-respected horse owner and trainer described behavior she had recently witnessed in a horse involving a scenario I had never heard or thought
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