NEW HOPE FOR RARE BREEDS AS A HEALTHY FILLY FOAL IS BORN FROM SEXED SEMEN

A rare Suffolk Punch horse has given birth to a filly foal following an innovative approach using sex sorted sperm to determine the gender. It’s the first time in the world that this technique has been used to support the survival of rare breeds.

RBST CEO Christopher Price said:

We are proud to have been a part of this project to help save the Suffolk Punch.  To increase the overall population we need to increase the number of fillies being born. The project aimed to show that this could be done more more quickly through the use of sexed semen rather than relying on traditional methods.

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