Equine Reproduction

Mares are individually fed and housed in small, safe, clean paddocks. The Howlett family and the rest of the Stabler and Howlett team pay great attention to the health and wellbeing of the mares and foals in our care. Shiny, happy, healthy mares get in foal much more easily!

Apart from natural cover with the stallions standing on farm, our key reproductive service is insemination with either frozen or chilled semen.

The vast improvement in the frozen semen quality and insemination techniques in recent years has given mare owners increasing confidence in using frozen semen, which gives access to potentially any stallion on earth.

The success of frozen semen programmes depends on healthy fertile mares, good quality semen and a high degree of attention to detail and technical precision from the equine vet. The great advantage of frozen semen is it is ready for use at any time, unlike chilled semen where the timing of insemination is often dictated by freight schedules.

Most mare owners are familiar with the use of shipped chilled semen for breeding to remote stallions. Once again mare health and semen quality are important factors in the success of the programme. With over a decade’s experience in intensive breeding management Dr Bruce Howlett has the ability to regulate the mare’s cycle so that ovulation coincides as tightly as possible with insemination, maximising the chance of conception.

For more information on our equine reproduction services, please contact your nearest Stabler & Howlett Veterinary Surgeons clinic today.