Stallion Collection Services at Oakham Veterinary Hospital

 

Oakham Veterinary Hospital is now able to offer a semen freezing service, in addition to the existing fresh and chilled semen collections.

Frozen semen has become increasingly popular with breeders as conception rates have dramatically improved in recent years and stallion owners realise the benefits of relatively minimal disruption to the competitive year. A stallion can come to the hospital at a time that is convenient to his competition schedule which then enables him to be used for other activities during the traditional stud season from March to August. Once the sperm are frozen and stored in liquid nitrogen they remain viable for many years.

If a stallion has never had semen frozen before, it needs to be evaluated to analyse its viability for freezing. This involves the collecting, freezing and thawing of one ejaculate and preparing of a report. Once this has been completed the most cost effective collection routine is to perform 3 or 4 collections per week, which will yield on average between 15 and 30 doses. There is huge variation in the semen quality between different stallions so it is impossible to predict exactly how many collections will be required to achieve the desired number of doses. Owners will be kept regularly informed of progress so that the stallion is away from home no longer than is absolutely necessary.

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Semen collections are carried out by a team of highly trained staff and vets with the stallion's welfare and safety throughout the process being of the utmost importance. The hospital offers a semen collection area, a ‘dummy' mare for collections and semen analysis is provided by our on site laboratory technician where it

is carefully analysed before being prepared for shipping or freezing. Lunging or turnout are available as part of the daily livery fee.

Young stallions can be sent to Oakham to be trained onto the dummy mare and their semen evaluated to determine their breeding viability.

All stallions wishing to enter Oakham Veterinary Hospital must have a Declaration of Health Status completed by the owner's regular vet. This must be completed no more than 20 days prior to entry to our site and show a negative test result for EVA, EIA and CEM. The stallion must be accompanied by his passport showing up to date vaccinations for Influenza and Tetanus.

Please contact Matt Hecking for further details on - 07802 674569 or 01572 722647
E-mail - matthew.hecking@oakhamvethospital.co.uk

 

 

Fresh and Chilled Semen Collection Service 2010

Charges for the 2010 Season (all prices are subject to vat except the livery charge)

Download the booking form for Fresh or Chilled Semen

Please Note.
Stallion owners shall only be responsible for the daily livery fee, the collection and shipping fees will be the responsibility of the mare owner.

Stallion livery £28 per day

Stallion Dummy Training £60 per collection

Collection Fee for fresh Semen £55 per collection

Collection Fee for Chilled Semen £75 per collection

Flushout Collection £55 per collection

Hire of Shipping Container Free for first 3 days (£10/day thereafter)

Postage and Packing £17-£22.00 (Saturday - £45)
(Depending on type of shipping container)
A next day delivery service via Royal Mail is unavailable if the semen is required on a Sunday or a Monday. In this situation we advise that the mare owner make their own arrangements for collection of the semen or use a same day courier service.

New for 2010

Resident Stallion livery £ 250 per week

As an additional incentive to encourage owners to have their stallions ‘resident' with us we are offering a reduced livery rate based upon mares coming to the hospital for an AI cycle. For every mare that comes to OVH for an AI cycle to your stallion there will be a £50 reduction on the standard livery rate - this effectively means that if there are 5 mares here to be put in foal to your stallion you will pay no livery at all for that week. A stallion will be classed as ‘resident' if he is with us for at least 4 continuous full weeks per season. The livery will include daily keep and exercise and also three semen collections per week regardless of whether there is a mare ready for insemination. This is to ensure that when a mare has reached the correct point in her cycle the stallion is able to provide a good quality of semen to give the best chance of a successful pregnancy.

 

Frozen Semen Collection Service 2010

Charges for the 2010 Season (all prices are subject to vat except the livery charge)

Download the booking form for frozen semen

 

Stallion Livery (To include turnout or lunging as per the owners request)		£28.00 per day
Collecting and Freezing one ejaculate (To include the first 5 doses processed)		£170.00
Charge for each additional dose of semen produced from an ejaculate		£9.00
Charge for a day visit to evaluate a stallion's semen for freezing		£200.00

 

The number of doses produced from each semen collection can vary from stallion to stallion, and from day to day. Stallions usually produce between 5-10 insemination doses per ejaculate, so in a week of regular collections it is reasonable to expect between 15 and 30 doses. We will keep owners regularly informed of progress, ensuring the stallion can go home as soon as the freezing target has been reached.

We are happy to negotiate with each stallion owner to provide a package based on your budget and/or a target dosage.

 

Storage and Distribution Prices 2010

All storage and distribution charges are subject to VAT

Semen Storage

1-20 insemination doses £10 plus VAT per month
21-50 insemination doses £15 plus VAT per month
51-100 insemination doses £20 plus VAT per month

For charges on storage of more than 50 doses please contact us.
Please note - one insemination dose is the semen required to carry out one insemination.

Frozen Semen Distribution Service

 

Processing and Handling		£50
Next day before noon delivery service		£95 (processing and handling) included
Next day before 9.00am delivery service		£125(processing and handling) included
Next day courier service priced on request

To be able to release any semen we require written confirmation (fax or email) from the semen owner.
This must include:-

- Name of Stallion
- How many doses you require
- Name, address and tel number of the place where semen is to be delivered
- Name, address and tel number of the person who will be paying the bill

Download the Decleration of Stallion Health Status

Download the Terms & Conditions for Equine Semen collection storage procedures