Innovative solutions
Using the latest embryo transfer techniques

Bovine Genetics
We tailor our services to suit your needs

Tailored services
Fine tune your embryo programme
Improve your success rates

Embryo Collection

Protecting the future of your herd has never been so important. Embryo collection will act as an insurance policy for the future of your herd in the event of disease, bad calving or an accident taking out one of your prized cows. It can be carried out at our Residential Centre or On Farm and involves a simple step-by-step programme working alongside your own vet. On a given day we will visit and make a non-surgical collection, whereby the resultant embryos can be transferred immediately into synchronised recipients or frozen for future use.

Embryo Transfer Recipient

Using the latest transfer techniques this can be implemented On Farm or at our Residential Centre. This can be done either with your own recipients or you can purchase our quality recipients, vaccinated if required, and ready to go on programme.

Recipient Synchronisation

Recipient Selection

Recipients are carefully selected, mainly Simmental, British Blues or Hereford dairy crosses are chosen. Or recipients can be sourced from 'High Health Status Herds' usually pedigree Simmental or Herefords. These breeds are selected for their docility and milkiness, while still offering a good crossing suckler cow after the embryo calf has been carried. Ideally the cow should be approximately 380 – 450kgs and a score 2.0 – 2.5 and about 17 – 22 months, to get the best results.

Testing and Vaccination

Recipients are prepared to go on programme to the individual client’s demands. We will always test for Johnes, and BVD, and on request Leptospirosis, IBR and Neospora. We vaccinate as per clients wishes and we worm and mineral drench all animals.

Synchronisation Process

They are then ready to go on programme to receive an embryo; this is done by Synchronisation. The recipient group will all be in season on a given day, and then seven days later the embryo will be implanted into them. Usually the recipients are synchronised to have the embryo transferred on the same day as the donor has undergone embryo collection, alternatively frozen embryos can be transferred, if preferred.

“Having an eagle eye for detail, Stella at Bovine Genetics spotted that the Defra export tests required, differed from those required by the Canadian authorities and drawing on her vast experience with export/import bureaucracy was able to ensure that this hurdle was overcome without having to go through a re-testing process.”

Henry and Julie Rusch

Broad Ecton Farm

Importing/Exporting Embryos

A global market is now open to us, enabling Bovine Genetics to independently Import/Export embryos. It is so much easier and more ethical to import and export embryos rather than live animals. It reduces the chance of any disease risk associated with the transit of live animals. It is also much more cost effective and opens up a global genetic resource to UK farmers.

Sale of Embryos and Genetic Sourcing

A world wide genetic gene pool is now freely available to UK Farmers, allowing us to access both native and continental breeds. Embryos can also be produced to meet your needs. As an independent company we are not tied to a large parent company or cooperatives’ products. This enables us to offer you the best global genetic gene pool to develop your dream herd.

Fertility Improvement

We have many years of experience in helping to solve various breeding problems, such as not seeing cows in heat to ones not holding their pregnancy. Our FREE advice service helps you maximise fertility results.

Key to our outstanding success rates is our Residential Centre where our results speak for themselves.

On Farm Service

A full On Farm service for both embryo collections and transfers as well as our fertility clinic are available throughout the UK.

Once the breeder has given us a full breeding history of the Donor, a programme is worked out to meet her individual needs. Then a simple step-by-step programme will be sent to the breeder and their Veterinary Surgeon to carry out the various treatments in order to super ovulate her. On the day of collection, Bovine Genetics will carry out the collection procedure and transfer the embryos into the synchronised recipients or freeze them for future use.