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Semen evaluation and fertility

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Tom A E Stout

In: BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2016 by British Equine Veterinary Association
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SEP 07, 2016
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The production of live foals is the only definitive proof that a stallion is fertile, although the generation of apparently normal embryos or pregnancies are useful proxies for first season stallions. However, to get a reliable indication of the level of stallion fertility, unbiased data from a reasonable number of mated mares is required. In the absence of adequate fertility data, semen quality can be a useful indicator of whether a stallion has the capacity for normal fertility, or whether fertility problems can be anticipated. Prebreeding and/or annual semen evaluations are also useful for establishing baseline semen quality parameters for an individual stallion, to act as a reference in case of subsequent fertility problems ...

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Utrecht University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Equine Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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