Eden Equine Fertility

23/05/2024

This very exciting young stallion will soon be standing just up the road at Stallion AI Services. A lot of interest from clients already, and he is definitely on our short list!

23/05/2024

Feeding the Mare Prior to Covering

The decision to put your mare in foal is a big one so making sure she is well
prepared will help maximise her chances of conceiving and help avoid costly, repeat
visits coverings or lengthy spells at stud.

🐴 Mares who are significantly over or under weight are less likely to conceive
so, if your mare needs to lose or gain a lot of condition, the sooner you make
the necessary adjustments to her diet the better.
🐷 For the overweight mare or particularly good-doer, such as a native type,
calorie intake and access to grazing may need to be restricted, to encourage
weight loss. A low calorie balancer is then the perfect solution, for providing
the essential protein, vitamins and minerals she needs, for health and well-
being, without the calories.
🥕 Where additional calories are required to help a mare gain or maintain
condition, a specially formulated conditioning mix or cube is an ideal and cost-
effective choice.
🌾 Whether you feed a mix, cube or balancer, ensure it is fed at the
manufacturer's recommended levels to ensure a fully balance diet which also
helps the mare build up good nutrient reserves to support the planned
pregnancy. If you find you need to feed less than the recommended
quantities of your chosen mix or cube, it will be wise to top up the nutrient
levels with a balancer.
🍎 If, despite a fully balanced diet and being in optimum condition, your mare has
problems getting in foal, your vet and nutritionist can discuss the use of
specially formulated nutritional supplements to support fertility.

For loads more information, visit www.baileyshorsefeeds.co.uk/breeding

16/05/2024

Nice little video 👌

02/05/2024

Why might late pregnancy monitoring be useful for your mare?

Late pregnancy monitoring can be useful in mares that we would class as ‘high risk’. This could include: an older mare, a mare who’s previously had a difficult birth, aborted previously, had a red bag delivery, had a previous mal-presented foal, has pre-300 days in foal udder development/running milk/ vaginal discharge.

Re**al ultrasound of the mare allows us to A) Assess the position of the foal B) Assess the placenta and measure the combined thickness of the placenta and the uterus (CTUP)

Even if your mare is clinically well, a late pregnancy scan can help us rule out a breach presentation or even provide you with reassurance that everything is going well

A) To assess the position of the foal we usually scan for the foals eye. This can help us visualize if the foal is sat in the correct position and to be more prepared if it is not.

B) Assessing the placenta via ultrasound can help us assess for any placental abnormalities or placentitis. Early detection and treatment of the this is paramount to help ensuring the birth of a viable foal. We measure the CTUP and compare this to normal reference ranges for the stage of gestation the mare is at.

Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss or book in for a late pregnancy scan

28/04/2024

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The essential guide for both first-time and experienced breeders.
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28/04/2024

18/04/2024

Meet the team...
Jess joined us last year to help out behind the scenes in the office. She qualified as a vet in 2017 and worked in general equine practice for 4 years. When not at Eden Jess is travelling around the North West with her business EquiScope, diagnosing and treating horses with gastric ulcers. The scope has been beneficial here and it has been used to look inside a uterus as part of fertility investigations and also to visualise conditions such as a cleft palate in a foal.
Outside of work Jess is getting to grips with being a new mum and enjoys long walks with Daisy - her crazy dog!

17/04/2024

Our lovely Mr Evans is looking for a new home x

British Warmblood, Warmblood ✔ Main discipline: Dressage horses - Stallion - 1 year and 17 hh - Black ► Find your dream horse now!

15/04/2024

COMPETITION TIME! 📢

Guess the BIRTH WEIGHT (Kg) of our new Eden arrival

To enter our competition all you have to do is:
🐴Enter your weight estimation on our story
🐴Tag a friend in the comments
🐴Follow our page
🐴Share this post

Our lucky winner will receive:
🔵Mini Horslyx original
🟡Hestevard Advanced Profix paste
🔵A free Micron Worm Egg Count and tailored worming advice
🟡Equilume power bank
🔵Handy 2024 directory

1 entry per person
Competitions ends midnight Thursday 18th April 2024
Winner announced Friday 🏅

Good Luck 🤞

09/04/2024

Part 2 of Great Expectations tomorrow night, get yourselves registered for another educational evening 🐎

08/04/2024

Why do we worm our mares post foaling?

We advise worming your mare 24hrs post foaling (usually with an ivermectin based wormer) to prevent transmission of Strongyloides Westeri via the mare’s milk

Strongyloides westeri is an intestinal threadworm commonly infecting young foals, and it has been associated with small intestinal enteritis, resulting in diarrhoea

Mares can harbour Strongyloides westeri larvae in an arrested stage in their tissues. During foaling, the larvae become re-activated and migrate to the mammary gland and are passed into the mare’s milk.
As a result, the foal will ingest infective larvae whilst they suckle.
Within the foal, the larvae will then undergo pulmonary migration to reach the small intestine.

Most foals develop permanent immunity against reinfection with Strongyloides by 5 or 6 months of age

Strongyloides westeri in horse.

07/04/2024

REMEMBER The 1-2-3 Rule of Foaling

1. A healthy foal should stand within 1 hour.
2. A healthy foal should drink within 2 hours.
3. The mare should pass her placenta within 3 hours.
If there are any delays to this, call your vet, this is a critical time for your mare and foal.

06/04/2024

06/04/2024

Meet more of our team! Annie Lloyd doesn’t need much introduction, she is a very familiar face to many clients. You might recognise Annie from Maelor Equestrian Centre where she used to organise and run the events before starting at Eden in 2022.

Annie was brought up around horses and has ridden from a very young age, her main discipline is dressage in which she has been super successful, winning national championships and competing for Great Britain.

Annie is also the Auction Stable manager at Bolesworth International Elite foal and yearling auction and a regular team member leading youngstock up at Yorton Stud Farm Sales. She has a huge amount of experience and a keen eye for detail which is always welcomed. Her ability to remember to put the kettle on after early scanning to keep us all fueled up and on track for the day is also invaluable ☕️ 🍪 !

Annie has a real interest in breeding and all that comes with it. She is fortunate enough to have broodmares as well as a pony stallion, Charramac, standing at public stud. He can be found on page 357 of the Competition Stallion Directory.

05/04/2024

We are now offering Faecal Worm Egg Counts with the as part of our parasite control policy at the stud.

Producing a ‘one size fits all’ parasite control plan is difficult but it is essential that our young stock are wormed from foals and that mares are on an appropriate worming program throughout pregnancy and lactation. If you would like your horses testing please get in touch about sending samples in.

We also offer bespoke worming programs, a whole herd approach personalised to your circumstances is the best way to manage parasites in your horses.

The tests are £14.40 each, results within 24 hours

05/04/2024

Another informative evening lined up for this Wednesday with Liz on the panel discussing The Pregnant Mare. Register now!

𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦
𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴
Our expert panel for the night are
Tullis Matson, Stallion AI Services
Rebecca Keating, Twemlows Stud Farm
Liz Mursell, Eden Equine Fertility
Edward Matson, Twemlows Stud Farm
Petra Faltynkova, Twemlows Stud Farm
𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴
* Late Gestation
* Foaling Alarms
* Foaling Kits
* What can go wrong
* Live Newborn Foal Examination
* Live link up to Yorton Farm Stud
Wednesday 10th April - 7pm
A night of laughs to be had!
𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥 - 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲!
https://bit.ly/GreatExpectationsPart2
Thank you to our Sponsors NAF

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26/03/2024

This is TONIGHT….sure to be an interesting evening

𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄
Our expert panel for the night are
Tullis Matson, Stallion AI Services
Rebecca Keating, Twemlows Stud Farm
Liz Mursell, Eden Equine Fertility
Sarah Wilkes, Stallion AI Services
Faye Durrant, Stallion AI Services

𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴
* Pre-Breeding Soundness
* Understanding your Mares Cycle
* W.F.F.S
* Selecting a Stallion
* Pregnancy rates - how many attempts?
* Problems that can occur

Wednesday 27th March - 7pm
A night of laughs to be had!
𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥 - 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲!
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Thank you to our Sponsors NAF

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25/03/2024

Most of our current clients know Niamh well as this is her 5th season at Eden. We are delighted she is back with us, she has a great depth and breadth of knowledge and never stops expanding on this.

Niamh completed her BSc Honours in Equine Science and Welfare Management degree in 2019 and also works full time at Daleside Vets when she isn’t working at Eden. Since the end of the 2024 Niamh completed her veterinary nurse training and is now a qualified Registered Veterinary Nurse, amazing work Niamh!! 🤩 👏 👏👏.

She has also completed a frozen semen and stallion handling course at Stallion AI Services.

Niamh’s passion is working with youngsters and has a keen interest in animal behaviour. She never sits still for long and in her down time she looks after her own horses including 2 homebreds who we look forward to seeing develop in the future. There is also a team of spaniels that Niamh enjoys working in the off season.

23/03/2024

Meet the Team continued.....

We are thrilled to welcome Georgia Webb to our stud support staff this season. Georgia is very excited to meet everybody and to expand her knowledge of the breeding and veterinary world. She brings with her a wealth of equine experience having worked for a local 5* eventer with a string of extremely talented young horses, being involved in the post Covid reopening of our local RDA Centre and she has also competed up to BD Medium and BE Novice with her own horses.

Georgia is a very talented artist and in April 2023 she took the plunge and started her own business as a pet portrait and wildlife artist where she works on commissioned portraits and wildlife art, she is loving every minute!

Georgia's spare time is dedicated to her own horse, gorgeous George, with who is will now be concentrating on showjumping following a very successful eventing career.

Have a look at more of Georgia's amazing work at https://www.georgiawebbsfineart.co.uk

22/03/2024

Eden Equine Fertility is a veterinary practice dedicated to equine stud medicine. We provide a high quality, personal service to discerning stud clients across North & Mid Wales & North West England. We achieve optimal pregnancy rates & offer a comprehensive range of associated breeding services.

21/03/2024

Meet The Team

An exciting new addition to our team this season is Jade Smith, who has joined us as our intern veterinary surgeon. Jade graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2022 and completed a 12 month internship advance lameness diagnosis and equine surgery, followed by 7 months ambulatory work, at Oakhill Vets in Preston. She loves all her equine work and has a particular interest in stud medicine and reproduction. She is very keen to get to know the clients and build on her interests with the support for our great team!

Outside of veterinary, Jade enjoys playing polo, CrossFit and long walks with her border terrier Tilly.

16/03/2024

Next week Liz is joining the Stallion AI team for a webinar which is sure to be fun and really interesting and for all mare owners. We expect a lot from our mares, but how realistic are these expectations?

𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄
Join Tullis Matson, Rebecca Keating (Twemlows Stud Farm) & Liz Mursell (Eden Equine Fertility)

During the evening we will be discussing
* Pre-Breeding Soundness
* Understanding your Mares Cycle
* W.F.F.S
* Selecting a Stallion
* Pregnancy rates - how many attempts?
* Problems that can occur

Wednesday 27th March - 7pm
A night of laughs to be had!
FREE WEBINAR - Join here!
https://bit.ly/FREEGreatExpectations
Thank you to our Sponsors NAF

Twemlows Hall Stud Farm AI & ET Centre Eden Equine Fertility

14/03/2024

What is the situation for 2024 chilled semen imports? What does this mean for breeding my mare?

From 30th April 2024 semen is to be categorised as a high-risk product and will be subject to extra checks at the Border Control Post when entering the UK. All packages will need to be checked and a small number opened by a government approved vet before the semen can be released to continue its onward journey with a courier. Unfortunately, there is only a short period between when the planes land and when the couriers leave the airport and it is highly unlikely that the relevant border checks can be completed in this timeframe. Essentially the semen will miss the onward connection to its destination.

Many people in our industry are working very hard behind the scenes to at least delay the introduction of these checks until September when we are past the peak of the breeding season. They are also working to try to get semen re-classified to a medium risk product so in future semen can continue to travel unobstructed into the UK. Of course, all of this takes time, but we will update you as soon as we have more information.

In the meantime, the stallion agents have increased their stock of frozen semen so we will still have access to the same wide range of top European bloodlines. Without the stress of bank holidays and weekends! There are also some exciting stallions standing in the UK this season including a few new faces, there is plenty of quality to choose from.

Please do get in touch with us and we can advise how best to proceed with your 2024 breeding plans.

27/02/2024

A complete equine semen importation service from more than 45 studs in 10 countries. Elite Stallions has sought to find the best of the elite stallions in Europe both for dressage, eventing and show jumping.

19/04/2021

Early morning scanning after a busy weekend isn’t so bad with this view on your journey to work and a strong coffee! 🌅 ☕️

13/04/2021

💥ATTENTION DRESSAGE BREEDERS💥

✨CHILLED SEMEN AVAILABLE✨

We are pleased to announce that following the successful trial shipment last week, we can now import chilled semen to the UK for the following van Olst stallions:

GLAMOURDALE
KJENTO
NEGRO
JAYSON

If you would like more information, please contact [email protected] or call 01948 666295.

10/04/2021

What a jockey! Congratulations to Rachael Blakemore, making history today!!! 🐎 🐎🐎🐎🐎

HISTORY! Rachael Blackmore becomes the first female jockey to win the Grand National 👑

31/03/2021

A lovely sunny day and a great start to the embryo work this year with a successful flush of this beautiful day 8 embryo ! ☀️

29/03/2021

Lovely to welcome the beautiful Demby Divas back for foaling! Hopefully it won’t be long before the first foal makes an appearance judging by how they are looking 🐴