Servicing All Breeds
Few equine veterinary practices know the horse breeding business as
well as Hagyard Equine Medical Institute. With the large numbers of
commercial breeding farms in the immediate area, healthy foal
production has become a multi-million-dollar agricultural enterprise
involving thousands of horses each year. In an effort to meet the needs
of this evolving industry, Hagyard developed a referral facility to
enable them to provide assisted reproductive techniques and more
in-depth diagnostics for mares and stallions - a center totally devoted
to fertility.
Its goal is to work in conjunction with referring veterinarians to develop a feasible plan of action for a particular patient.
The Center is also equipped for and experienced in successfully managing mares for insemination with fresh, cooled, and/or frozen semen - techniques sometimes preferred by specific breeders.
Despite the challenges of barren mares and frustrations with sub-fertile stallions, the professionals at the McGee Fertility Center remain enthusiastically dedicated to the mission of reclaiming fertility in their equine patients - and seeing that healthy newborn foal trot off beside its dam.
In fact, the needs of our clients for fertility care have guided us in developing this unique level of professional expertise.
Our Facility
The facility at the McGee Fertility Center provides a state-of-the-art laboratory equipped with a computerized semen analysis system and computerized programmable semen freezer, and an 8 stall barn, a breeding shed equipped with a phantom mount and a procedures area designed with the mare and foal in mind.
In addition, the fertility unit offers a frozen semen storage center for on-site use and worldwide semen distribution as well as an approved quarantine facility for housing, processing, and freezing semen for export.
Programs & Services
Stallion Reproductive Evaluations
- Breeding Soundness Exam
- Semen Collection Services
- Semen Freezing
- Shipment of Cooled and Frozen Semen
- Semen Freezing through our affiliation with Select Breeders Services
- Embryo Vitrification
- Embryo Transfer
- Embryo Sexing
- Genetic Testing
- Artificial Insemination with Cooled or Frozen semen
- Histeroscopic Evaluation
- Laser Cysts
News
Hagyard Vets Shoot Informational Videos For The Horse Magazine.
How to Examine an Equine Placenta
Dr. Karen Wolfsdorf of Hagyard Equine Medical Institute shows horse owners how to examine a placenta, a crucial step in managing foaling mares.
For information on additional services and individual needs please contact the fertility department at 859-255-8741.