Blog & News Releases: Small Ruminant

Spring has sprung: small ruminant breeding season is here! With the arrival of spring, it’s time to kick off another successful small ruminant breeding season. The Trans Ova Team is excited to provide top-notch reproductive services for our valued sheep and goat clients. We’re pleased to share the small ruminant schedule for IVF, embryo transfer, conventional flushing, and LAP AI procedures at our locations in Sioux Center, Chillicothe, and the Pacific Northwest. Additionally, our mobile lab allows us to bring these services directly to your farm or ranch—offering convenience without compromising quality. If you have questions or would like to…

The Trans Ova team is gearing up for another great year of providing reproductive services for our sheep and goat clients. Below is the small ruminant schedule for IVF, embryo transfer, conventional flushing, and LAP AI procedures at our Sioux Center, Chillicothe, and in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to the small ruminant scheduled procedures at our locations, with our new mobile lab, clients now have the option to have the Trans Ova team come to them to perform any of these procedures right on their farm or ranch. For questions or to schedule your donors, please contact Austin Rohrs…

The Trans Ova team is gearing up for another Fall breeding season of providing reproductive services for our sheep and goat clients. Below is the small ruminant schedule for IVF, embryo transfer, conventional flushing, and LAP AI procedures at our Sioux Center, Chillicothe, and Bryan locations. In addition to the small ruminant scheduled procedures at our locations, clients also have the option to have the Trans Ova team come to them to perform any of these procedures right on their farm or ranch. For questions or to schedule your donors, please contact Stanton Warren at 800.372.3586 or stanton.warren@transova.com. Learn more…

Many breeders have elite females from which they can market valuable genetics and offspring. With the use of advanced reproductive technologies, more offspring can be propagated to help multiply the success of breeding and marketing programs. While many breeders are familiar with embryo transfer (ET), an increasing number of breeders are implementing In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) into their reproductive programs.  Embryo Transfer:  Conventional (in vivo) ET involves specific hormonal treatment (with follicle stimulating hormone) of donor females to cause multiple follicles to ovulate. The donors are bred using artificial insemination (AI), or naturally covered by a buck, following superovulation after…

What is In Vitro Fertilization? In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) is the process of creating embryos from oocytes (unfertilized egg cells) by fertilizing them with semen in a Petri dish. Oocytes are first collected from the ovaries of donors by laparoscopically guided follicular aspiration. They are then matured in a Petri dish and fertilized 20-24 hours later. Conventional or sexed-frozen semen may be used for fertilization. Oocytes then develop in an incubator for six days, at which point the resulting viable embryos are transferred into recipients. What results can be expected on each IVF cycle? Results vary with each donor, but…