MARE BREEDING PACKAGE (2008)

Rocky Bay Equine Veterinary Clinic is pleased to offer clients a money
and time saving program for breeding your mares. This package allows
the veterinarian to follow your mare closely through her heat period,
providing optimal timing of insemination and uterine treatments.

The Mare Breeding Package Fee is $359.50/cycle for breeding with fresh or shipped cooled semen,
or $479.50/cycle for breeding with frozen semen.

Package Includes:

• Board at the clinic (up to 7 days): stalls, paddocks with shelter, and pastures are available.
• Ultrasound examinations: daily, or as often as needed, to determine follicle progression and optimal timing of insemination.
• Ordering of shipped semen from stud farm,
• Artificial Insemination: once or more as needed.

Additional Services Available (at additional cost):

• Hormone treatments (hCG, Oxytocin, etc.)
• uterine therapy (lavage, antibiotics, etc.)
• board beyond initial 7 days, etc.

FOALING SERVICE (2008)

The staff of equine professionals at Rocky Bay Equine Clinic will foal out  
your pregnant mare and provide routine care for the newborn foal for $379.50 plus board.

Services Included:

• 24-hour monitoring
• Large (24 ft X 12 ft ) foaling stall
• Video and audio surveillance in stall
• Veterinarian on call for each foaling
• Umbilical cord care (navel dipped with Nolvasan solution 3-4 times)
• Enema administered to foal to decrease risk of meconium impaction
• Mare dewormed after foaling to limit parasite infestation of foal
• Newborn foal and postpartum mare examinations by veterinarian

Additional Services Available (at an additional cost):

• Antibody level in foal’s blood measured at 18-24 hours of age
• Supplemental colostrums or colostrums substitutes (if needed)
• Veterinary services for non-routine events (ie., dystocia, retained placenta, neonatal disorders, ect.)
• Foal heat breeding services for mare
• Mare board per day: $22.30
• Mare & Foal board per day: $27.50

For more information, please contact us!

 

EQUINE EMBRYO TRANSFER (2008)

Requirements:

Owner supplies embryo donor mare and 1 to 3 recipient mares. Mares should be stabled at Rocky Bay Equine Clinic. Estrus cycles shall be synchronized utilizing Progesterone (Regu-mate) and Prostaglandin. Estrus cycles shall be closely monitored via ultrasound to determine donor breeding date and ovulation dates of all mares. Donor mare embryo recovery flush shall be preformed 7 days post-ovulation and if an embryo is recovered, it shall be transferred into the recipient mare at that time. If an embryo is not recovered, a second flush will be done 1-6 hours later. The recipient mare should be maintained on Regu-Mate until a positive progesterone blood test is performed.

Fees Involved:

• Donor Management Fee ($409.50). This fee covers management and breeding of the donor mare through one estrus cycle. Management includes board at the clinic (up to 7 days), ultrasound examinations, ordering shipped semen and artificial insemination.
• Recipient Management Fee ($329.50): This fee applies to each recipient mare, and includes board at the clinic (up to 7 days), and ultrasound examinations in order to determine date of ovulation and synchrony with donor. Synchronizing the cycles of the donor and recipient mares is critical for a successful outcome.
• Embryo Collection ($329.50): The donor mare’s uterus is flushed 3 times with a modified saline solution, the fluid is recovered, filtered and examined under a microscope to fine the prospective embryo(s). Extra Flush ($50): IF an embryo is not recovered on the first set of flushes, an extra uterine flush will be preformed 1-6 hours later in attempt to increase the chance of recovering a viable embryo. (These charges apply even if an embryo is not recovered).
• Embryo Transfer ($329.50): After an embryo is recovered from the donor mare, it is non-surgically transferred into the recipient mare’s uterus. If multiple embryos are recovered from the donor mare during the same flush, this fee will be charged for each embryo transferred to each recipient.
• Other Fees: Board fees of $22.30/day (after the first 7 days) will be charged for each mare. Additional charges will apply for necessary treatments of mares (ie., uterine culturing, flushing, ect.) Additional charges will apply for any pharmaceuticals used in synchronizing or treating the donor and recipient mares (ie., Regu-Mate, Prostaglandin, HCG, oxytocin, ect.)

The doctors and staff at Rocky Bay Equine Veterinary Clinic are dedicated
to providing the best care for your horses. We enjoy the challenges of
equine reproduction and look forward to assisting you with your goals.
Please call us with any questions or concerns.

STALLION BREEDING SERVICES (2008)

Rocky Bay Equine Veterinary Clinic offers a full range of stallion services. We are available to assist in training stallions to breed live cover, to be collected with the artificial vagina (AV) and/or to mount the Phantom for semen collection. After semen is collected, it is immediately evaluated and processed for fresh or cooled-transported use. Semen Evaluation includes determination of: gel-free volume, percent progressively motile sperm, sperm concentration, morphology, extending, cooling & evaluation at 24, 48, and 72 hours. Semen Processing includes sperm concentration and progressive motility determination, mixing the appropriate volume of raw semen with semen extender, and packaging this into the semen shipping container (provided by the stallion owner or available from us.) Shipped semen is generally transported to the mare owner via Federal Express, which arrangements we can take care of (fees billed to the mare owner.) If semen is shipped for same-day or weekend delivery using commercial airlines (counter-to-counter), the stallion or mare owner is responsible for transport to/from airport or paying RBE staff a $90.00 fee to transport to/from airport.

Bo and Linda Weeks of Rocky Bay Equine both offer a wealth of experience in equine reproduction: Bo, as an equine veterinarian with a strong focus on reproduction, Linda, with a Master of Science degree in Equine Reproductive Physiology and years of breeding farm management.

Fees Schedule:

• Semen Collection (routine) - $159.50
• Semen Evaluation - $94.50
• Preparation of Semen for Cooling & Shipping - $58.00
• Semen Shipping Container Purchase (Equine Express II) - $45.50
• Equitainer Shipping Container Deposit (refundable) - $300.00
• Semen Freezing (includes collection, freezing, testing 1-2 straws) - $469.50
• Frozen Semen Storage, Annually (up to 120 straws) - $159.50
• Frozen Semen Shipper Rental - $169.50
• Frozen Semen Shipper Deposit - $800.00
• Stallion Handling for natural cover breeding - $90.00
• Stallion Breeding Training - $90.00/hour after first 30 minutes
  (above fees apply as appropriate in first 30 min.)
• Artificial Insemination - $36.00
• Board at the clinic/day - $22.30
• Stallion Board monthly - $580.00

Rocky Bay Equine will not ship semen prior to receipt of payment in full.
Master Card, Visa, American Express accepted.