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Mountain States Reproduction Services
an SBS Network Laboratory

About Mountain States Reproduction Services, LLC

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. MSRS offers equine semen freezing services to stallion owners in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado and other 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, oocyte retrieval and transfer, and superovulation using eFSH. Stallion services include reproductive examinations, semen collection, evaluation, shipping and freezing, and epididymal sperm recovery and freezing. Storage and distribution management of frozen semen is also available. The 300 acre facility also allows plenty of room for the nearly 200 embryo recipient mares to run.

Staff

	Dr. John Knowles, DVM, MS Dr. Knowles has been married to his wife, for over 20 years and they have six children.He received his BS in Animal Science, DVM and MS in Equine Reproduction from Colorado State University where he later worked under Dr. Ed Squires overseeing the breeding and embryo transfer program. He left CSU to join the faculty at Brigham Young University where he was director of the Horse Program, taught in the Veterinary Technology program and mentored graduate student research. Dr. Knowles was resident veterinarian at Western States Ranches MillionHeir Program before joining the Buffalo Ranch Team in November of 2003. He has performed over 2,000 successful embryo transfers during his career.
	Kim Gardner, Veterinary Technician Kim Gardner is the Equine Reproductive Technician for Buffalo Ranch. She received her BS at Brigham Young University in Animal Science, with an emphasis in Veterinary Technology. She also received her MS at Brigham Young University in Animal Science with an emphasis in Nutrition. Following her Masters she was employed by BYU as the head-riding instructor in the Equitation program. She was the coach for the Intercollegiate Horse Show team, earning the honor of top Hunt Seat coach for the region. She has assisted Dr. Knowles in breeding horses for the last ten years. Kim joined the Buffalo Ranch Team in November of 2003.