F.A.Q.

I'm still working on this page (answers coming soon).  I am adding questions as I think of what clients have asked me.  If you have a question not listed, email it to me and I will try and answer it for you and add it to the list.

 

Why is it important to train my stallion to the phantom and do a test shipment before I ship semen to a mare?

What is the difference between cooled, fresh, and frozen semen?

Why is checking the count & motility on every shipment important?

How does concentration effect conception rates?

How does motility effect conception rates?

Why is sperm count important?

My stallion has a low concentration is there anything I can do?

Can we just collect my stallion from the ground without using a phantom?

Can we collect my stallion off of a mare?

What is a "clean out" collection?

Why do you palpate and measure the testicals?

What is semen morphology?

What are you looking for when you ultrasound a stallion?

Why are ground manners so important in a breeding stallion?

What is the importance of testing for EVA?

What is the difference between a dry mare and a wet mare?

Why does the veterinary call charge vary from $15 to $65?

What is a culture on a mare?

What is a biopsy on a mare?

What is Prostaglandin (Lutalyse)?

What is hCG?

What is Deslorelin?

What is Regumate?

What is Oxytoxin?

When we receive shipped semen is it better to inseminate it all or leave some in the shipping container?