Equine Vet Services - Artificial Insemination Artificial insemination (AI) is becoming a common way of breeding horses throughout the world. There are essentially two ways of preserving horse semen and that means there are two ways of inseminating mares. The inexpensive option is to use chilled semen – this also has the greatest chance of success. Semen can be ordered to arrive the next day, and in most cases the mares just need to be scanned daily, whilst in season. With frozen semen, because the sperm are much more fragile, the mares need to be examined more regularly.  This entails many internal examinations and scans, including scans throughout the night in some cases. In either respect AI should not be considered as a cheap way of breeding your mare - it should be used as a way of improving the quality of your mare's foals. As well as running a service for artificial inseminations, we can also collect from stallions and arrange transportation of semen. Please see the page on this years breeding season for more information. For AI mares from further afield, we can arrange for accommodation for your mare locally or at our new clinic.
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