Advanced technologies
This issue of UK-Vet Equine is dedicated to equine reproduction, and we have interesting and practical articles on the management of the transitional mare; the ‘difficult mare’ monitoring of the early pregnancy; and failure of passive transfer of immunity in foals. From an editorial viewpoint, I take this opportunity to highlight the current status of advanced equine reproductive technologies and their availability in the UK.
The use of chilled and frozen semen for artificial insemination (AI) is now commonplace in the UK, and the BEVA approved AI list has proved a popular scheme. Embryo transfer (ET) is a commonly-applied technology, performed both in practice and in select ET centres around the UK. These centres also have recipients available for hire and offer transported embryo services to practitioners in the field, whereby recipients are synchronised to the donor mares and any embryos recovered are shipped by same-day courier for transfer into the recipient, reducing the labour intensity for the vet in the field and using the equipment and skills of the centre vets for the transfer portion of the process. Such services have proved successful and popular.
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