Studbook takes ‘ethical stance’ as registration of foals bred via certain reproductive techniques to be banned
Foals will have to be conceived without using the techniques to be registered with the studbook. A European studbook has announced plans to ban the registration of foals born via certain modern breeding techniques, based on welfare grounds. The Swedish Warmblood Association (SWB) announced that offspring produced by intra cytoplasmic injection (ICSI) and ovum pick-up (OPU) may not be registered with the association’s studbook from 1 March 2025. OPU involves collection […]