Dalehead Equine Veterinary Practice

Equine Stud work & Artificial Insemination Services based at End House Stud BEVA approved premises.

We are based at End House Stud, a high-class competition stud regularly breeding winning stock. A full breeding services is provided for visiting mares. The on site laboratory and handling facilities are approved by the British Equine Veterinary Association.

• On-site laboratory
• Several veterinary surgeons with AI experience
• Excellent handling and restraint facilities
• Experienced staff to handle mares
• AI with fresh, chilled and frozen semen
• Three ultrasound scanners
•  Liquid nitrogen storage of frozen semen
• Veterinary Office on site

We offer "Stud Packages" which include all visits, inseminations, and ultrasound scans required. Investigation of chronic infertility problems, unexpected treatments and sedation are not included in the packages.

STUD PACKAGES – APPLICATION FORM (PDF file 48kb)  

Five Veterinary Surgeons within the practice have AI experience enabling us to give expert cover 7 days a week. The laboratory and handling facilities at End House have been approved by the BEVA, and mares are handled and teased by the experienced End House Stud staff. Fresh semen can be collected from Stallions at End House Stud and inseminated immediately.

Chilled semen arrives in an equitainer and requires insemination within a 48 hour period.

Frozen semen can be transported to End House Stud and stored indefinitely in our liquid Nitrogen flask. A charge is levied for storage as the flask requires liquid Nitrogen refilling.

These packages include visits all routine stud work inseminations and ultrasound scans. Investigation of chronic infertility problems accidents, and sedation are not included in the packages.

Veterinary input in Artificial Insemination.

 The veterinary input to AI is greater than with natural service due to the requirement for accurately predicting and regulating the time of ovulation. This is less important with fresh semen but vital with frozen semen. This is due to the short survival time of frozen semen once thawed and inseminated. Also with frozen semen special drugs are used to regulate the ovulation time and mares are required to be scanned more frequently.

Fresh semen artificial insemination may be of benefit in a subfertile mare i.e. a mare that produces a lot of uterine fluid after natural covering. but with frozen semen artificial insemination should only be attempted in mares of optimal breeding age and health.

End House Stud