Mare Embryo | Frozen Embryo | Equine Veterinary - Waikato Veterinary Equine | Breeding Horses | NZ

EMBRYO TRANSFER

WHAT IS EMBRYO TRANSFER (ET)?

We can breed your embryo donor mare (the posh mare) and 8 days later we flush the early embryo from her uterus and transfer it by non-surgical embryo transfer (ET) into the healthy uterus of a recipient (surrogate) mare.

FROZEN EMBRYOS FOR SALE

We recommend that frozen embryos are sold on the following basis

A non-refundable deposit is payable to the embryo donor owner
Embryo storage fees are payable to the storage facility
Embryo transfer fees are payable to the ET facility
The balance of the embryo “service” fee is payable upon a 45 day pregnancy to the embryo donor owner
Embryo recipient mare fees are payable upon a 45 day pregnancy to the ET facility OR// or the embryo owner provides their own recipient mare

ADVANTAGES OF ET:

Breed your mare while she competes
Walk in ET service available (AI your mare at home)
Shipped embryo service available
Produce more than one foal per year
Use different stallions in the same season
Transfer the embryo from an old uterus to a young uterus
Freeze embryos when it suits you and transfer them later
Freezing embryos can reduce recipient mare management costs
Freeze spare embryos
Buy a frozen embryo
Provide your own recipients or use EquiBreed recipients

DISADVANTAGES OF ET:

It is expensive
The procedure and management requires great expertise
Competition mares are prone to overheating so avoid Dec-Jan

WHAT RESULTS CAN WE EXPECT FROM ET?

Embryo recovery rate depends on the fertility of the mare and stallion
More than 80% embryos survive after transfer
Our embryo packages allow up to 3 cycles per pregnancy
Frozen embryos produce > 60% pregnancy rate after transfer

The following embryos are currently in storage and available for sale – contact us for details:

Golden Strike (Riding Pony) x Bandera Orchid (Haflinger)
Mr Feelgood (Standardbred) x Desire to Fly (Standardbred)
Arezzo VDL (KWPN) x Backcountry (Thoroughbred)
Orame VDL (KWPN) x Backcountry (Thoroughbred)
Arezzo VDL (KWPN) x Nichiyobi (Thoroughbred)

Testimonials

Mount View Sport Horses have had a long and successful working relationship with Equibreed. We have been working with Lee for fifteen years, Lee's dedication to getting our mares in foal is outstanding, and we know she does her utmost to get the best result for us every season! The staff at Equibreed are always friendly and helpful and we know our mares are in good hands. For top results with breeding your mares, you can trust Equibreed to deliver!

- Wendy Keddell (MVNZ)

Equibreed NZ is one of the best equine reproduction centres in the world. West Kington Stallion Centre is very proud to be an associate and client.

- Tessa Clarke (West Kington Stud UK)

Before Dr Morris arrived in New Zealand the rate of success using frozen semen had been about 36%. That first year we took nine mares to her, with a success rate of 100%. The next year we had 94% and the following year 96% success.

- Bruce Holden (Ngahiwi Horses)

I have been using Lee Morris and the team at Equibreed for about 15 years now. In that time I have utilized Equibreed for collecting and freezing semen from all my stallions, fresh and frozen inseminations and embryo transfers. Lee and her team are very professional and very good at their job. There is nobody I trust more to gain successful pregnancies than Equibreed NZ

- Jody Hartstone (Studmaster)

News

HISTORY MADE BY WAIKATO’S EQUIBREED

Waikato company EquiBreed NZ have made history with the birth of New Zealand’s first foal produced by an in vitro fertility treatment using intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Company principal Dr Lee Morris says it is a watershed moment for both EquiBreed and New Zealand. “The ability to produce foals using this fertility...