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Is Your Mare a Good Candidate for Frozen Semen? |
Some things to consider |
Is your mare a proven broodmare that is easy to settle? Then she is the very best candidate for frozen semen. Maiden mares and older mares (who are reproductively sound) can be bred successfully with frozen, too. |
Does your reproductive vet have experience and a proven track record using equine frozen semen? If not, is there a vet near you who does? Or is your vet willing to commit to do what is required to follow the protocol? |
Does your reproductive vet have the facilities and staff to monitor your mare for the optimum timing of insemination? This just makes life easier for everyone. If not, are you and your vet committed to do what is required to follow the protocol? |
Are you willing to take the necessary steps required for increased mare management? This includes additional ultrasounds to help pinpoint the best timing for insemination (one dose of semen within 12 hours before ovulation; one dose of semen within 6 hours after ovulation). Timing is everything when using frozen semen! |
Are you willing to start working with your repro vet early in the year to ensure that your mare is in optimum breeding health and ready to begin breeding with frozen semen in the spring, so she has the best chance to settle the first time? |
The Colorado State University (CSU) Equine Reproduction Lab collects, prepares, freezes and stores *Smaragaid Cliff's proven frozen semen in its USDA-approved, commercial-quality facility. CSU's equine reproductive experts are happy to answer any of your vet's questions about breeding your mare with frozen semen. CSU is a teaching university and its assistance to your vet is free. |
*Smaragaid Cliff's Breeding Contract for Frozen Semen |
To breed a mare to *Smaragaid Cliff with frozen semen, the contract requires: |
-- a pre-payment of $225.00 when frozen semen is ordered. This covers the cost of two doses ($100) as well as CSU's fee for the preparation, packing and rental of the shipping container ($125). The cost of shipping is the responsibility of the mare owner. There is no additional booking fee. |
Read more about breeding with frozen semen by clicking here. |
-- a final payment of $700.00 (Cliff's stud fee for frozen) when the foal is born. We are spreading out the fees between two years to make frozen more easily affordable. |
Why tell you all this? We want you to be a knowledgeable consumer when you choose frozen semen. Be sure to talk to your qualified equine reproduction expert for more specific information as it relates to breeding your mare with frozen semen. |
"If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him." James 1:5 |
Whether by live cover, shipped cooled or frozen, breeding a mare is not a cheap endeavor. Skimp at the beginning and you will pay more in the end -- maybe with no foal to show for your effort and money. So do yourself, your mare and your pocketbook a favor. Commit to be prepared and to do the right thing at the right time for the best outcome: a foal of which to be proud. |
The beauty of using frozen semen is that it can be ordered at your convenience with a longer delivery date -- to save shipping fees -- and ready when your mare is ready. Gone is the anxiety of ordering a collection and praying that it doesn't arrive too late or too early, depending on how long your mare hangs onto that egg. |
-- a vet that follows equine protocol for using Cliff's frozen semen, otherwise there is no live foal guarantee. |