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All embryo vitrification services are now offered through Vista Equine Colorado, LLC. One of the newest services Royal Vista is offering our clients is embryo vitrification, or freezing embryos. Embryo vitrification is an excellent way to preserve genetics. In this process timing from ovulation to embryo recovery is critical. Embryos recovered that are suitable for vitrification are processed, frozen, and stored in liquid nitrogen. The embryo(s) are placed in storage tanks in our laboratory where they can be kept indefinitely. They can then be thawed and transferred into a recipient mare the next breeding season, or 5, or 50 years later. |
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The embryo vitrification process allows the specific genetic cross of that mare and stallion to be permanently preserved and used at a later date. This process, unlike traditional breeding and embryo transfer procedures, allows the mare to be bred at the end of the show/traditional breeding season, store the embryo(s) and transfer them at a preferred date. Embryo vitrification also allows the mare owner to permanently preserve embryo’s with their mare’s genetics. With this process embryos conceived from the donor mare can be transferred long after her breeding career is over or even after the death of the mare. In the case of quarter horse mares, the AQHA also provides embryo vitrification permits which record the embryos ownership at the time of breeding. This allows the owner to sell the mare but maintain ownership of the embryo(s) already retrieved. Embryo vitrification is a new and arising technique that now offers many more options to owner’s wishing to get the most out of their mare’s genetics. |
EXCITING NEWS FROM ROYAL VISTA EQUINE! Royal Vista has experienced great success with the transfer of frozen embryos. On January 29, 2008 Royal Vista welcomed the very first American Quarter Horse foal resulting from a frozen embryo that will be allowed to be registered under the new rule! "Frost Free," owned by Vaughn and Jill Cook, is by Super De Kas, now standing in Brazil, and out of the multiple stakes producer Yeah Yeah I Do.
Frost Free’s Journey: -October of 2006: Yeah Yeah I Do was bred to Super De Kas and the resulting embryo was vitrified (frozen). -February of 2007: the embryo was thawed, prepared, and placed into a recipient mare. -January of 2008: the recipient mare delivered a perfectly healthy colt!
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