successful. Do I need to supply recipient mares?
If you cannot supply your own recipient mares there are a number of well-maintained herds around the UK that supply mares for this specific purpose.
What are the chances of success?
The success rate of transfer is usually about 70%. It is important to follow up with subsequent pregnancy examinations as some recipient mares do not stay pregnant to term with the majority of these losing their pregnancy prior to 50 days. This is more likely to occur when using older donor mares and when the embryo transferred is of a lower grade.
How much does it cost? At OVH the price can be broken down into 6 areas:-
1. Monitoring & Insemination of the donor mare - Fresh or Chilled semen = £240 (+ VAT) Frozen semen = £340 (+ VAT)
2. Synchronisation of the recipient mares - £250 each (+ VAT)
3. Embryo flush and search of the donor mare - £225 (+ VAT)
4. Transfer to the recipient mare - £150 (+ VAT) 5. Pregnancy scan x 3 - £48 (+ VAT) each 6. In foal fee - £200 (+ VAT)
In addition, you can expect to pay around £1800 for the hire of a recipient mare for 18 months (or until time of weaning).
About The Author: Matt Hecking
Stud Manager at Oakham Veterinary Hospital
Matt has been involved with horses all his life having started riding ponies at a very young age. Aſter leaving school he spent 4 years working in Virginia, USA working on a busy sporthorse breeding farm. Here he gained experience in stallion semen collection, AI, foaling and was responsible for the daily care of all the breeding stock.
Aſter a short break from the equine world, Matt was employed as the Stud Manager at Oakham in February 2008 and has been responsible for developing the extensive stud services we now offer. Matt is particularly experienced in foaling having welcomed over 250 newborn foals into the world since OVH started offering the service in 2009.
During his spare time he can be found competing on the eventing circuit and breeding his own string of future event horses!!
www.oakhamvethospital.co.uk Please mention Central Horse News What’s On when responding to advertisements April/May 2020 29 Equine Stud Services
• BEVA approved practice for AI with fresh, chilled and frozen semen
• DEFRA approved semen collection and distribution centre for walk in stallions
• Embryo transfer and transported embryo service • On site foaling facilities with 24 hour supervision
• Competitive pricing structure to minimise ‘per cycle’ costs
01572 722647 or 07976 822903
matthew.hecking@oakhamvethospital.co.uk www.oakhamvethospital.co.uk
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