ERC provides a cooled semen program that allows stallion owners to offer cooled, transported semen for their breeding operation without needing the knowledge, skills and equipment to do so. Staff at ERC will collect semen from your stallion and ship it to desired locations throughout the United States and Canada. For same-day service, semen can be collected in the morning, delivered by a courier on staff to Washington-Dulles Airport and shipped via airlines to the city/airport of choice. Next-day delivery is routinely done utilizing a Federal Express pickup service from ERC.
An initial test-cool panel is recommended for each stallion entering the program to determine which antibiotic in the extender and what cooling period bests suits the stallion. Samples from 1 to 2 ejaculates are cooled for 12, 24 or 48 hours in a variety of semen extenders to see if his semen has a preference for a particular extender. Once there is a firm understanding of semen longevity, then recommendations are made as to the best method of shipping the semen.
With 24 hours advance notice, owners can trailer their stallion to ERC, allowing staff to unload and take him to the collection shed. Following semen collection, the stallion is put back on the trailer while the semen is processed for shipment. Many owners find this “drive-thru service” a wonderful asset to their breeding program. Although it is desirable to have stallions trained to the phantom, we do provide jump mares for untrained stallions.
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