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 Bishop Lane
Farm is a full service facility specializing in Equine
Reproduction. Certified and approved by both the USDA and the
European Union, our primary aim is to serve as a center
specializing in collecting, evaluating, processing, cooling,
freezing equine semen and the exportation of frozen semen to
virtually any country in the world. Our close proximity to
Sacramento facilitates expedient processing of health certificates
and export certification on shipments of frozen semen.
Bishop Lane
Farm is fully equipped for all stallion
needs regardless of breed. Our lab is fully equipped with state of
the art equipment which allows us provide all services in house
without the assistance of a veterinarian. All clients have the
option of storing frozen semen on site in our liquid nitrogen tanks.
We are happy to have stallions haul in for services, and our staff
will train your stallion to collect if necessary. We also offer the
option of housing stallions at Bishop Lane in our extra large stud
stalls. All horses in residence are turned out or worked on a daily
basis.
 Many
people ask us why they should freeze semen from their stallions. Our
unequivocal answer is that freezing semen is an excellent insurance
policy for your valuable sire. In the event of loss, many
breed registries will allow to use frozen semen which can extend a
stallions genetic influence well beyond his life span. Frozen
semen is also an an excellent option for busy show stallions, as it
allows you to meet breeding obligations to satisfied mare owners
during competitions without imposing undue stress on your stallions.
Our affiliate
specialty is cooled semen, for which we
are supplied with twenty equitainers and all the equipment needed to
ship semen to mare owners. For the reasonable rates of $350.00
(haul in) or $300.00 (on farm), we take care of everything. Mare
owners receive two semen doses, semen evaluation forms, and
return fed ex paid. No vet fees are charged to the stallion owner.
We test every stallion and routinely store semen on the farm for
every shipment to ensure quality semen has been sent. For hard to
ship stallions, we also offer the opportunity of centrifugation, a
service no vet can offer at your farm, and very few can offer in
house. Centrifugation on hard to ship stallions removes the
supernatant which makes shipping more of a success. An additional
$25.00 per shipment will be charged for stallions that require
centrifugation.
 Bishop
Lane Farm also offers a variety of quality services for mare owners
and breeders. Situated on 60 acres of lush, green, fertile pasture
in scenic Sonoma County, the facility is ideally designed to provide
maximum quality care for broodmares and foals. The central feature
is a 22 stall mare motel, adjacent a large foaling barn equipped
with four 12' X 22' foaling stalls. Each foaling stall is monitored
24 hours a day with video surveillance, as well as with breeder
alert systems. In the event of emergency during parturition,
veterinary services are just moments away as the clinic is within
two miles of the farm. We do ask that all mares scheduled to
foal out at the farm arrive within one month prior to due date as to
best allow for proper acclimation and accommodate nutrition
requirements. Mares that are not being rebred on site may remain up
to four months post parturition with foals at side. Mares being
serviced on site may remain longer until they are safely checked in
foal. Bishop Lane will wean and halter break all foals at the mare
owner's request. Each foal will learn to lead, tie, clip, walk of
the walker, lunge and have it’s feet trimmed in a kind and gentle
manner.
As an equine
reproduction facility, we are completely set up to accommodate
anything and everything in terms of breeding mares. The
veterinarian is regularly scheduled every second day, allowing for
the efficient handling of transported semen and ensuring the optimal
health and date of insemination for each mare. Shilo Bishop,
breeding manager at Bishop Lane,
 is
certified in artificial insemination. Responsible for most
inseminations, she works with the veterinarian to ensure all mares
are covered at the optimal time of the estrus, regardless of
shipment arrival time or day of the week. Our staff will make the
necessary contacts, process paperwork and handle all the details for
each stallion to which client mares are booked. Mares are teased
daily. We specialize in the "hard-to-get-pregnant" mare and can
boast a 95% conception rate on the farm with both frozen and cooled
semen, along with live cover.
Please
contact us for further information on Bishop Lane Equine
Reproduction services. Visitors are always welcome by appointment.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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