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NVS but they will sell you direct. Ask your french vet to apply for a "special import certificate". but even then this will not guarantee its acceptance for use. cant see why its 400. think someone is taking the p***

Solitair is KWPN Approved. He stands at Meadow Stud near Gloucester. Google Meadow Stud for their website for details on him. He is available via chilled (or fresh if you went there). Chilled or fresh might be preferable as she is a maiden, but there is no reason not to use frozen just make sure...

Im not quite sure that statement that not many vets use such agents is true. I think that is presumptive, any place that will get good business will use such agents as otherwise they wouldnt get good results, if they got bad results they wouldnt be in business! I use such agents on most mares...

If you have a mare running milk at 300 days I would get a vet to look at her. I looked at a mare yesterday 6 weeks from foaling dripping millk - she has a placentitis and she is now on antibiotics and ive warned the owners she may abort. If there is nothing wrong and your mare is pulling your...

Normal straw and plenty of it. Not chopped the foal may inhale easier, and especially if the foal is slow to get going the reflex may not be there to get it out! And defo not shavings. Foaling out> ok if dry and warm, but risky in my experience.

As people have said as long as they are mapped / noted then they wont be confused with a pregnancy. As far as prevention of gaining a pregnancy it depends on the situation. I know mare who are plastered with them and take year on year. Others have relatively few and small cysts but have been...

If you look at his legs - he is turning out at the fetlock and pastern. Whether this is a true angular limb deformity or just a laxity of the soft tissues around a joint only time will tell + / - xrays. When i get this situation in foals I usually (you vet is right) rasp gently the outside of...

Yes monozygotic twins are very rare. You cant manually reduce as they are simply in the same sac, popping it kills both. I had to abort the mare as she was very valauble and would never have run the risk. These two were super sneaky as were in the same sac but very very close i.e sat on each...

This is normal, as the foal increases in size normal fetal movements (occur all the time and are so called "spontaneous fetal movements" - signify fetal well being and health) just become more evident to the mare as the size of the foal increases. No need to worry unless they become more than...

Bad experience again. Again use someone who is known for reproductive work. Do though consider the possibility of monozygotic twins. I.e a single conceptus that has split into identical twins. I had a mare do this last year and it wasnt until nearly 40 days that two were clearly visable as...

I couldnt agree more, youve obviously had some bad experiences. I suppose it all comes down to experience then. Who ever told you they could feel a foot was obviously not very experienced. Yes very cheeky to ask for call out fee also, i would waver the entire thing. I feel as though you have...

This one baffles me every time. I work dealing almost exclusively with mares, and as a vet i become more and more confused and also annoyed. If the vet who rectalled the mare was inexperienced then that is obviously an issue for you to take up with the practice. At this time of year i get...

Shaving the neck to put an ovuplant in i guess, they should go into the vulval lip - this way if it needs to removed its easily done. I know thats the thing, bad experiences always stay with you. I have had bad experiences too and now that im getting good results I wont change.

I feel very sorry for you. That sounds like a bad experience. In all honesty 7 cycles. I would have stopped after 2 on the presumption that there was something a miss and back to the drawing board should have been decided! Frozen AI can be very good. Its proven. Like everything if it isnt done...

Always remember though that even if there is a difference is stated fertility rates for a particular stallion the more important affect are via how the mare is managed and how the AI and subsequent treatment. You can increase the chances of a pregnancy more by ensuring correct mare management...