Would you like to use semen from the stallion holding GmbH's contingent via ICSI* in the current breeding season? The following stallions are available for this purpose at Avantea in Italy and at VetEmbryo in Denmark:

Caretino
Casall
Cassini I
Cassini II
Clearway
Clarimo
Connor
Corrado I
Crack
Dinken
Keaton
Million Dollar
United Way
Uriko
Zuccero

Further information, terms and prices are available upon request from the stallion station:

Gérard Muffels
Email: hengststall@holsteiner-verband.de
Telephone: +49 (0) 4121 92 414

*On the reproduction techniques OPU and ICSI:
Ovum Pick-Up (OPU) and Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
The OPU and ICSI techniques are carried out consecutively: During OPU, oocytes are first retrieved directly from the follicles on the ovaries under ultrasound guidance via transvaginal puncture. This procedure takes approximately 60 minutes. The aim is to aspirate the follicular fluid containing the oocyte. The oocytes obtained in this way are searched for under a microscope under strict hygiene regulations, washed and then matured in an incubator. Once the oocyte is ready for fertilisation, a single sperm is injected directly into the oocyte using a very fine needle via the ICSI procedure. Subsequently, the fertilised oocyte matures again in the incubator for a few days before the resulting embryo can be transferred into a recipient mare or frozen for transport or storage. These methods enable the breeding use of sport mares or other mares with very high genetic potential that cannot otherwise be used in breeding, as well as stallions from which only a few doses of semen (still) exist.

Photo: Janne Bugtrup