Artificial insemination 2008
Mares are taken at livery for insemination with fresh, chilled or frozen semen including semen that has been send from elsewhere. Mares should arrive prior to coming in season and will be constantly monitored to obtain the optimum timing for insemination.

Mares Fees

Boarding

At grass:	- £5.00 / day for barren mares - £7.00 / day for mares with foal at foot
Stabled:	- £10.00 / day for barren mares - £12.00 / day for mares with foals at foot (long term boarders and over wintering rates available on application)

Veterinary Fees
Our aim is to get mares in foal as easily & quickly as possible for the mare owner and we have the back up to help us do so. All veterinary work associated with equine reproduction will be carried out by our veterinarian Aleksandra Jagusiak (MRCVS). All expenses incurred for visits, examinations and medicines will be payable by the mare owner directly to Scotland AI Service at the end of each month.

In foal Fee
£70 for all mares leaving the stud scanned in foal to fresh, chilled or frozen semen. This fee includes insemination costs and all the handling associated with the veterinary work. If a mare leaves before scanned it will be assumed that she is in foal and the fee is payable along with the keep fees before she leaves the stud. If subsequently she is found to be not in foal before October 1st and a vet's certificate confirms this, the £70 will be returned.

Charges for a range of miscellaneous items which will not apply to all mares, such as farriery work, worming, chilled semen collection from Edinburgh Airport, etc. are available on request.

Mares and foals whilst on the AI centre receive every possible care, attention and supervision. Veterinary assistance is called in when deemed necessary and is chargeable to the owner. All mares are served at their owner's risk and no responsibility can be accepted for injury, damage or loss caused through trying to or serving any mare.

All in foal mares need to have a 28/30-day PD scan to confirm a single viable and healthy pregnancy; if mares leave before then it is the owners responsibility to arrange for this to be carried out.

All fees must be paid before the mares leaves the AI centre.

Mare owners who send a third party to collect their mare must make arrangements to pay in advance of collection.

5. Passports / Identification: It is a legal requirement that horses are accompanied to stud with their passport; we will check the identity of the horse with the passport on arrival.

6. Invoicing: The account for all keep fees and other costs incurred must be paid before the horse leaves the stud. Interim invoicing may be done at the stud's absolute discretion once the horse has been here for six weeks. Owners who send a third party to collect the horse must make arrangements to pay in advance of collection. Horses will not be allowed to leave before payment is made in full.

7. Hind Shoes: Please make sure all mares arrive at stud without hind shoes.

9. Worming: Stallions, mares and foals will be wormed regularly and the owner charged accordingly.

10. Scanning: It is stud policy to scan all mares.

11. Veterinary Assistance: Will be called in when deemed necessary by the stud and all costs will be chargeable to the owner.

12. Insurance: Scotland AI Service accept no responsibility for visiting horses and do not carry insurance cover; it is the owners responsibility to provide their own insurance cover.

14. All mares are inseminated at their owners risk and no responsibility can be accepted for injury, damage or loss caused through teasing/artificial insemination of any mare.

16. Scotland AI Service reserves the right to refuse entry to the stud to any stallion, mare or foal that they consider to be an unacceptable health risk.