Stud Services

AI with fresh, chilled or frozen semen

• Excellent conception rates
• Deep Uterine Insemination
• Dedicated mare stocks and examination area with diagnostic ultrasound

Semen collection from Resident and Visiting Stallions

• Dedicated laboratory for semen analysis
• Stallion accommodation and turnout facilities. Semen collection area with dummy mare and adjacent stable for teasing.

Stallion Fertility Assessment

• Semen analysis for Density and Motility
• Sperm Morphology

Pre-breeding screening/examinations

• Swabs for Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM)
• Blood Samples for Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA) and Equine Infectious Anaemia (Coggins)
• Ultrasound Examination of Reproductive System
• Endometrial Biopsies

Embryo Transfer and transported embryo service

• Donor mare can produce multiple foals per year
• Embryo Transfer can be used to overcome uterus based fertility problems
• Transported embryo success rates are comparable to those where the embryo is inseminated immediately post flush
• Donor mare can continue competing during process

For more information contact:

Matt Hecking, Stud Manager at Oakham Veterinary Hospital,
01572 722647 or 07976 822903
Ashwell Road, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 7QH