Equine Embryo Transfer - ERVS, Lexington KY

Equine Reproductive Veterinary Services - Lexington, KY
Jorge L. Colón, DVM, PLLC Embryo Transfer - Mare Breeding Management - Frozen Semen Storage

Jorge L. Colon, DVM, PLLC

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Embryo Transfer and
Breeding Services

Breeding Management of Embryo Transfer Donor Mare

Breeding Management of ERVS' Embryo Transfer Recipient Mares for Synchronization with Donor Mare

Breeding Management of Mare for Artificial Insemination

Embryo Flushing

Embryo Transfer

Frozen Semen Storage

Embryo Vitrification and Storage

Pregnancy Management

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Equine Reproductive
Veterinary Services -
Lexington, Kentucky

ERVS is a full service Equine Embryo Transfer Facility in the heart of the Bluegrass State. Adjoining the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, ERVS' 49 acre facility is home to our recipient mare herd and includes a 12 stall barn with attached Veterinary Laboratory and Reproductive Center, covered round-pen, 11 turn-out paddocks and 2 pasture fields.

ERVS is equipped to fulfill all equine embryo transfer breeding requirements with respect to the Kentucky Breeders Incentive Fund.

ERVS is an equine embryo transfer division of Jorge Luis Colon, DVM, PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky

ERVS News

VDL BUBALU - ERVS is the exclusive agent in the US for fresh and frozen semen from the 2000 Dutch Warmblood Stallion VDL Bubalu, owned and trained by Colombian Grand-Prix rider Ricardo Villa. You can find the stallion's data sheet here. You can view videos and photos of the horse by visiting VM Jumpers' website. Click here for the frozen semen contract. Click here for the cooled semen contract (fresh semen available until mid-July 2009).

CEM (Contagious Equine Metritis) - ERVS is a CEM free facility. None of our Recipient Mares have been exposed to a CEM positive stallion or to embryos produced from a breeding to a CEM positive stallion; they are not considered as being "exposed mares" or "at-risk mares". When required by the State Veterinarian, ERVS follows the CEM testing protocols from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Please click here for a CEM Fact Sheet. Please click here for the current KY CEM Testing Protocol.

EIA (Equine Infectious Anemia) - Every mare in ERVS' Recipient Herd has a current (within the last 12 months) negative EIA test obtained through a Coggins Test.

Vaccination & Deworming - Every mare in ERVS' Recipient Herd is vaccinated against Influenza, Rhinopneumonitis (Herpes 1 & 4), Eastern and Western Encephalomyelitis, Tetanus, Botulism, Potomac Horse Fever, Rabies and Strangles as per current American Association of Equine Practitioners Vaccination Guidelines. Deworming is based on fecal egg count analysis and anthelmintic subsceptibility patterns determined by ERVS.