Mare Management Services

Mare Care & Management ~~ Mare Motels & Pastures ~~ Breeding Soundness Exams
Artificial Insemination Services ~~ Pregnancy Evaluations ~~ Foaling Services ~~ EVA Requirements

Mare Care and Management
Anytime you send your mare to be bred there is one ultimate goal…to raise a healthy foal. This essentially starts with good mare management, and the matriarchs of your breeding program, will be treated like the queens they are at Bowman Ranch, LLC.

Mares that reside at Bowman Ranch, LLC will be arranged according to their specific needs. We will have mare motels for the “easy-keepers” with safe stalls, automatic watering systems and several large pastures attached to each Mare Motel for stress-free management.

There will also be a climate controlled barn for more sensitive mares and the mares that need to stay in show form. There will be 40 mare stalls and 5 foaling stalls.

We will also provide these mares with the essentials to allow them to conceive carry and give birth to healthy happy foals and will provide them with the proper nutrition required to do so.

Mare Motels and Pastures
◊ 40+ stalls
◊ automatic waterers
◊ breeding/insemination area
◊ several large pastures
◊ Centaur 3 “board” fencing
◊ Automatic frost free waterers
◊ separate pastures for wet and dry mares

Breeding Soundness Exams
Once your mare arrives at Bowman Ranch, LLC, we will evaluate her for breeding soundness. We will perform a uterine culture and cytology to make sure each mare is “clean” and we will insure that the mare is physically able to carry a foal. We will also be able to provide blood work, uterine biopsies and histopaths as needed.

Artificial Insemination Services
To ensure the safety and health of both the mare and foal, all breeding is done via artificial insemination. Mares on the farm may either be bred using cooled, frozen or fresh semen, but all using artificial means.
Mare inseminated on the farm by stallions on the farm will be inseminated with a “dose” of semen that will have at least 500 million progressively motile sperm cells and will be prepared with semen extender. Mares that we ship semen to, will receive 1-2 “doses” with at least 1 billion progressively motile sperm cells, and will also be prepared with semen extender.
Each mare will be monitored for her estrus cycle with daily teasing, with confirmation using ultrasonography for the correct timing for insemination. While we will breed most mares on the farm, we will also offer shipped semen for outside mares. Most shipped semen will be sent to the mare owner via FedEx Overnight Priority Service, but counter-to-counter services are also available with the proper notification. We are just minutes from the Greater Cincinnati Airport making this easier for Bowman Ranch, LLC to accommodate you.

Pregnancy Evaluations
Once your mare has been inseminated, Bowman Ranch, LLC will provide follow-up ultrasounds including:
◊ Check for Ovulation after insemination
◊ 12-15 Day Pregnancy Check
◊ Check for Twin Embryos
◊ 30 Day Pregnancy Check
◊ 60 Day Pregnancy Check
If you decide to leave your mare at Bowman Ranch, LLC for the length of her pregnancy, the staff at Bowman Ranch will closely monitor your mare’s overall health, hormone levels and give her the pre-natal care necessary for that “bouncing baby”.

Foaling Services
Bowman Ranch, LLC will also offer foaling out services for the mares that are pregnant when they arrive and/or stay throughout the whole breeding process. The mares, once ready to foal will be moved to the foaling stalls, located in the hospital barn. They will be monitored 24/7 with the use of closed circuit cameras with monitors in several areas on the farm. There will also be a member of the staff on “night duty” to lend a hand, should your mare need assistance with foaling.

The well qualified member of the Bowman Ranch, LLC staff will stay with the mare and foal until the mare is settled with the foal, the foal stands and nurses and the whole placenta passes from the mare. This staff member will “dip” the umbilical stump, administer an enema to the foal and ensure that the mare is letting down enough milk for the foal. The mare and foal once settled will then be left alone but closely monitored with the cameras. 12 hours after parturition the mare and foal will be evaluated by one of the licensed veterinarians on staff at Bowman Ranch, LLC. The veterinarian will perform a post-partum exam on the mare and the foal, and test the foal’s IGg level at our in house lab. We will also be able to provide immediate care for mares and foals in need.

EVA Requirements
PLEASE NOTE: Effective immediately, all horses transported to Bowman Ranch, LLC for ANY purpose must have documentation of a negative EVA (Equine Viral Arteritis) test within 30 days of arrival or documentation of an EVA Vaccination from your veterinarian a minimum of 30 days prior to arrival. Feel free to contact Bowman Ranch, LLC if you have any questions about these new regulations.