This is a common belief of many veterinarians and breeders. The fact is that no one really knows what the life span of frozen vs fresh semen is. The types of damage that can occur to sperm membranes during the freezing and thawing process theoretically could reduce the time of survival in the mare's reproductive tract.

Although some stallions have similar results with frozen and fresh semen, AI with frozen semen, from most stallions, results in slightly lower fertility per cycle than similar inseminations with unfrozen semen. When stallions are selected for AI programs based on post-thaw semen quality, and mare management is controlled, per cycle pregnancy rates of 40 - 50% can be expected on average. This compares to 50 - 60% for cooled semen and 60 - 70% for immediately inseminated fresh semen.

No. Select Breeders Service Europe will ship enough frozen semen to manage the mare through one complete heat period. The shipping tanks are specially designed cryogenic vessels that maintain the frozen semen at -197?C for at least two weeks. This allows SBSE to ship the semen to your vet well in advance of the anticipated insemination date avoiding the last minute "mad rush" to schedule semen shipments that are associated with cooled transported semen breeding.

If stored properly frozen semen can maintain viability for many years. Frozen semen is stored immersed in liquid nitrogen at -197?C (-320?F). At this temperature, metabolism is virtually halted. No one knows the ultimate lifespan of properly stored frozen equine semen. However, Select Breeders Service, Inc. has achieved pregnancies with semen frozen for more than 8 years.

Not all stallions can be frozen successfully. Based on studies conducted in Europe and experience of Select Breeders Service approximately 30% of all stallions produce sperm which are unable to withstand the stresses of freezing and thawing using current technology.

Although some stallions have similar results with frozen and fresh semen, AI with frozen semen, from most stallions, results in slightly lower fertility per cycle than similar inseminations with unfrozen semen. When stallions are selected for AI programs based on post-thaw semen quality, and mare management is controlled, per cycle pregnancy rates of 40 - 50% can be expected on average. This compares to 50 - 60% for cooled semen and 60 - 70% for immediately inseminated fresh semen.

The average stallion provides sufficient sperm on an every other day collection schedule to produce 12-15 doses of frozen semen. Depending on sperm production of the individual this number may vary from 2-40 doses per collection. Typically 2-3 doses are used per estrous cycle, therefore each collection provides enough frozen semen to inseminate through 5-6 cycles.

Canine semen can be collected and preserved with state of the art extender products to provide necessary nutrients and cryoprotectants to the sperm cells during the process of chilling, freezing in liquid nitrogen vapors and then in liquid nitrogen itself.

The costs involved in breeding your mare with artificial insemination can vary greatly. To give you a basis to make your decision on lets begin with a few basic premises. First..let's consider the cost of your vet's farm call. These usually run anywhere from $35 to $100 depending on drive time, distance, whether it's during office hours and whether or not it's during the work week. Keep in mind that a mare's ovulation is not something you can always control though it can be helped along.

There are lists of BEVA approved vets on the BEVA website and the BEF has a list of studs which are inspected and approved to high quality standards. It is important to be confident that whoever you use has the necessary experience and equipment to ensure your money is well spent. Ask them for their statistical success rates and their length of experience/professional qualifications.

A - 'Fresh Frozen' is the term used for fish frozen within a very short time after being caught. Often fresh fish is NOT fresh as it may have sat on ice for up to a week. Our fish is frozen immediately locking in freshness and flavour. Seafood should be frozen as soon as possible after being caught. However, you can actually ruin some species of fish by freezing it too quickly (too cold) as it bursts the cells in the flesh. You can freeze it too slowly as well.

This really depends on what you would like to do! She can stay until she is covered and then go home for 2 weeks before her 14 day pregnancy scan and then travel back for the 2 remaining scans, she can stay all the way through-until she has finished all her scans, or you can travel her in for each scan and take her home again, meaning she never has to stay away from home!

A Proper planning is a must. If the semen is stored with us, simply notify us directly by telephone or email of which semen you intend to use and when the female begins her cycle. A baseline progesterone should be run between 3 and 5 days of the heat. We will continue to run progesterone tests and many times store frozen serum so we can go "backwards" and run an LH test as well. Our goal is to pinpoint ovulation, and inseminate the female 72 hours later.

According to the International Food Information Council, the nutritional value of frozen vegetables is virtually identical to fresh produce. The Mount Sinai School of Medicine Complete Book of Nutrition concurs. The book reveals that fresh produce that sits unused in the refrigerator for too long will actually lose taste and nutrition. Since frozen vegetables provide the same health benefits as fresh, they offer a convenient and nutritious alternative.

All the entrees come fresh made to order! We suggest you freeze anything you're not going to eat within 4 days. The items we consider to be more freezable are marked on the label.

Fresh-frozen means that our fish are frozen the same day they are delivered to our state-of-the-art, kosher certified plant. During transit to our plant, they are kept chilled in a blanket of flaked ice. We sell only fresh-frozen fish of superior quality, taste, and texture. Fish marketed as "fresh" in supermarkets often spend long periods of time in transit by air and truck from distant docks to your local food market.

The Chinese Shar Pei have an average life span of between 8 to 12 years of age, like all other breeds, that don't fall prey to genetic disorders, cancer and a more common ailment in the breed, amyloidosis. I have many shar pei that have reached the age of 12 years of age, and some have fallen prey to cancer and the genetic disease that we, as breeders, are trying hard to rid the breed of, amyloidosis.

the shortest, a dragonfly's life-cycle from egg to death of adult is about 6 months. Some of the larger dragonflies take 6 or 7 years! Most of this time is spent in the larval form, beneath the water surface, catching other invertebrates. The small damselflies live for a couple of weeks as free-flying adults. The larger dragonflies can live for 4 months in their flying stage. In Britain, lucky Damsels seldom go more than two weeks and Dragons more than two months.

The younger the dog the better the semen quality! Any time after 10 months of age we can collect semen and freeze the sample.

Any dog collected for frozen or fresh-extended semen use after October 1, 1998, must be AKC DNA Profiled (Click here for more information). Litters produced by frozen semen count towards qualifying a dog as a Frequently Used Sire. However, if the semen was collected before October 1, 1998, a DNA Profile is not required.

Most fruits and vegetables (produce) are naturally low in fat and calories. Frozen and canned fruits and vegetables can be just as nutritious as fresh. Frozen or canned produce is often packaged right after it has been picked, which helps keep most of its nutrients. Fresh produce can sometimes lose nutrients after being exposed to light or air.

We make all our meals fresh and put them in microwavable containers. These meals will stay fresh in your freezer for 4 weeks.

Unlike fresh semen, which can live in the reproductive tract of a bitch for 5-7 days, frozen semen will only live 12-20 hours once thawed. It must preserve all it's energy to penetrate and fertilize the eggs, so the best conception rates (90% in our practice) are achieved with surgical insemination, where the semen is injected directly into the uterine horn. Since vaginal insemination has statistically low conception rates (under 20%), we do not suggest using your valuable semen in this fashion.

Answer: The transfer of Frozen Semen must be done at the facility that the semen is stored. We do require that all sire owners sign consenting to the transfer. The facility will notify AKC once the transfer has been completed on their records.

So that you have the option of feeding your baby immediately or freezing the meals for later, they are delivered to you fresh, not frozen. That way, you choose what???s suitable for your family???s needs.

There is no quality difference between a fresh or frozen chicken/turkey. Frozen chicken/turkeys are flash frozen immediately after packaging to 0?F or below and held at that temperature until purchased. Once defrosted, the meat is virtually as fresh as the day it was processed. Fresh chickens/turkeys are chilled after packaging and have shorter shelf lives.

Our frozen fish is better than fresh! It is flash frozen at a very low temperature (-40) as soon as it is brought in to the dock. This seals in all the nutrition and fresh flavor that you may miss from the fish that took two extra days to arrive on your plate fresh. Frozen is also easy to prepare as most seafood can even be cooked frozen! See our recipe page for details.

Your meat will be delivered fresh to freeze, but if any meat has been frozen it will state within the item description

Again, the needs of our customers dictate the way we produce and ship our products. For those who prefer fresh products, we ship them refrigerated and mark the 'Use or freeze by" date. For customers who prefer to store the product frozen until they are ready to display or use it, we offer a 'calendar program' which allows them to mark the shelf life of the product at the time it is thawed.