Breeding horses can be a complicated and sometimes challenging process. That is why it is vital to have a trusted, qualified, and experienced equine stud vet on-hand to support you and your horse. From the initial conversations about how and whether to put your mare in foal, to handling complicated foalings, our equine stud vets are here to help.
Avonvale Equine Vet Practice offers a range of equine reproduction services, including equine artificial insemination (AI). Whether you are a professional performance horse breeder or just want a foal from your mare, our experienced equine stud vets can help you. We work with horse breeders of all sizes, from thoroughbred stud farms to individual horse owners.
Supported by our partner facility at Lynwood Stud, our ambulatory equine vet practice offers excellent care to mares and foals of all breeds. When you choose to breed from your mare with Avonvale Equine Vet Practice, our experienced, dedicated and highly qualified equine stud vets will create a bespoke plan to meet the needs of your mare(s).
We are an independent ambulatory equine vet practice, and most of our services can be carried out at your yard. However, we also have a partner facility at Lynwood Stud, where we can carry out more advanced procedures, including artificial insemination, and provide overnight stabling if required.
Our equine vet practice provides 24/7 emergency call-outs, which are always covered by our own Avonvale Equine Vets. We pride ourselves on excellent customer service and transparency, so we are happy to produce cost estimates on request and our practice team is always here to help with any queries.
Our experienced equine stud vets, supported by our qualified equine vet nurses, can support you and your mare from artificial insemination, right through to post-foaling care of the mare and foal.
We can also carry out equine infertility investigations and provide advice and support with managing your pregnant mare.
Our equine reproduction services include:
Take a look at our case study to discover how our equine vets helped a foal born with a flexural limb deformity commonly known as "contracted tendons".
Equine artificial insemination (horse AI) allows horse breeders to use semen from stallions worldwide, stallions that are competing, or even stallions that have died. Artificial insemination also reduces the risks of disease transmission, injury to the mare or stallion, or personnel.
At Avonvale Equine Vet Practice, we offer equine AI using frozen or chilled semen. Whilst chilled semen is often more successful in terms of conception, frozen semen allows more flexibility in terms of where and when it can be sourced. Frozen semen can also be stored for much longer, meaning it can be used even after the stallion has died.
Both forms of equine artificial insemination require careful timing and precise monitoring and management of the mare’s cycle to enable the best chance of success.
Pregnant mares and broodmares need to be managed carefully to ensure their health and that of the foal. Our experienced equine stud vets can advise owners on vaccinations, worming, preparation and nutrition for their pregnant mare.
If you have any questions or are considering putting your mare in foal, please contact us on 01295 670 501 to speak to our team.
In the meantime, do check out our articles on breeding. Our introduction to breeding for horse owners is a great place to start if you are new to breeding horses. If you are thinking about breeding from your mare, why not read our guide, on the things to consider before breeding from your mare, and our guide to the costs of breeding a horse.
