Select Breeders Affiliate Lab

Mountain States Reproduction Services, LLC (MSRS) in Farmington, Utah is situated between the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Mountains at the beautiful Buffalo Ranch equine complex and services Utah, Idaho and the surrounding areas. The Facility's State-of-the-Art Export Certified Reproduction Laboratory allows MSRS all the needed technology and quality control procedures necessary to carry out its mandate. The reproduction laboratory consists of a dedicated AV prep room, large collection room with adjustable, beveled-end phantom, 4-stock palpation room, embryo flush room, embryo handling room, and a semen processing room that houses computer integrated sperm counter, CASA system for motility analysis, programmable cell freezer and semi-automatic straw filler and sealer. the compartmentalization and rooms dedicated to specific procedures affords MSRS the ability to run a fully certified export lab while still allowing for an efficient daily processing flow.

The combination of state-of-the-art instruments and a staff trained in cutting edge assisted reproduction procedures allows MSRS to offer the highest quality equine reproductive management available. MSRS offers a full battery of stallion and mare reproduction options. Mare services include reproductive examinations, ultrasonographic pregnancy detection and fetal sexing, insemination with fresh, cooled and frozen semen (the latter is performed using a deep-horn insemination technique), embryo transfer, embryo freezing, and epididymal sperm recovery and freezing. Storage and distribution management of frozen semen in also available. The 300 acre facility also allows plenty of room for the nearly 200 embryo recipient mares to run.

SELECT BREEDER SERVICES

Technology & Service Strengthening
the Equine Breeding Industry

Buffalo Ranch is honored to facilitate Mountain States Reproduction Services, LLC, whom is an affiliate lab of SBS, Select Breeder Services. SBS is a worldwide semen and embryo freezing, storage and distribution services company.

Specialists in semen and embryo cryoperservation, strategically located throughout the US, Europe and Australiasia.

The SBS network is comprised of veterinarians and reproductive physiologists who share a commitment to provide the highest level of customer service, quality control and leading edge technology for their customers. Formally launched in 2000, the Affiliate Laboratory Program brings SBS semen freezing and related reproductive services to breeders throughout the United States, Europe and Australasia.

Each affiliate offers a wide range of stallion services including evaluating, freezing for domestic and international use, as well as the industry's most comprehensive storage and distribution program. In addition to traditional mare reproductive services, embryo transfers and embryo freezing are also available at many locations. Recognizing the need to provide on-farm services, several affiliates have fully equipped mobile laboratories.

The promise of frozen semen can only be realized through the careful implementation of technology. Select Breeders Service is dedicated to the responsible development of the equine frozen semen industry. As a complete service company, our goal is to assist breeders and veterinarians to efficiently and cost effectively utilize today's technology to produce superior foals and ensure the future of breeding programs worldwide. The Select Breeders Affiliate network is uniquely positioned to realize the full promise of the equine frozen semen technology.

The SBS Commitment:

  • We will conduct business with honesty and integrity at all costs
  • We are committed to quality in everything that we do
  • We hold the reputation of our company and our people as our greatest assets
  • We have a responsibility to our industry to ensure that all parties are treated fairly
  • We have a responsibility to educate our customers so that they can make informed decisions about the services we provide

FROZEN SEMEN

The World Leader of Equine
Genetic Cryopreservation Services

A prophetic scientist named Paulo Mantegazza once wrote:

“If the human sperm can be preserved for more than four days at the temperature of melting ice without undergoing any change, then it is certain that scientists of the future will be able to improve breeds of horses and cattle without having to spend enormous sums of money in transporting thoroughbred stallions and bulls. It will be possible to carry out artificial insemination with frozen sperm sent rapidly from one locality to another.”
... and this was in 1866, imagine the possibilities of tomorrow!

“We constantly strive to maximize techniques with new research and cutting edge technology to better serve our customers goals.”
- John Knowles, DVM, MS

Over the past two years Buffalo Ranch has produced dozens of foals and pregnancies using our high quality frozen semen:

For more information, please contact us

 

Buffalo Ranch Reproduction Lab