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Drs.A new stallion centre is under construction at Somerton Equine Hospital, Friarstown Kildare, Co Kildare, Ireland. The complex will become SBS Ireland new base. Stallion quarters include a central five, large stable barn and a completely separate two stable isolation unit. Collection area and laboratory facilities will be housed in a second barn, adjacent to the stallion quarters. Stallion turn out area includes a surface of 5 acres of fenced grassland. A lunging ring has recently been completed outside the stallion centre perimeter and the construction of an outdoor arena should take place next year. The stallion centre represents the second recent extension of Somerton Equine Hospital for dedicated equine reproductive work. A new "repro-barn" was built shortly after dr Stefania Bucca and Andrea Carli, formerly XY Equine Veterinary Services, joined the Hospital Staff and has been fully operational since May. Built in Kildare, heart of the Irish Thoroughbred industry, Somerton Equine Hospital offers reproductive routine work and consultancy to a number of Thoroughbred farms and, quite uniquely, a wide variety of assisted reproductive technologies to the sport horse breeders. The reproductive services available range from conception to foaling, including mare sub-fertility investigation, availing of full laboratory back up, hysteroscopy and Doppler ultrasound ; artificial insemination with fresh, chilled or frozen semen, by conventional, deep or hysteroscopic  techniques;  embryo-transfer and embryo vitrification;  fetal sexing, identification of the high risk pregnancy and fetal monitoring . For stallion owners, fertility assessment, semen freezing and storage are available through SBS affiliation. Routine stallion collection and semen evaluation and packaging for shipping are also available throughout the year.

Somerton Equine Hospital offers 24hrs surgical service for emergency and routine procedures, through its advanced surgical facilities with two state of the art operating theatres.  Ambulatory practice, internal medicine,  intensive care, lameness investigation and neonatology are amongst the other services provided.

For more information contact us at stefbucca@hotmail.com