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By CINDY MAHAN
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Drs. Vito DelVento and Kevin Dippert, 1995 graduates of Colorado State University, are planning their grand opening of Equine Reproduction Concepts in Amissville this weekend, Jan. 4 and 5.
The two men say that they are offering a full service equine reproduction facility. Their plan is to work with horse breeders and vets to produce quality foals.
They chose the east coast because they wanted to be centrally located and near a large horse population. They also need to be within an hour of an airport so they can transport frozen semen, cooled semen and embryos for shipping to other areas of the country or overseas.
What drew them to Rappahannock County was the scenic beauty of the mountains; property taxes also played a factor in their decision.
The facility will maintain a herd of mares for embryo transfer. Right now they have 15 recipient mares, but plan to double that' number shortly. The embryo transfer mares are essentially living incubators, said Dr. DelVento, providing the housing for the embryo. (They could also be known as "surrogate moms," he said.) Seven days after the genetic mare ovulates, the embryo is flushed out, bathed, and placed in the embryo transfer mare. Fifty days into the pregnancy, the mare goes to the owner's home to live.
Once the foal is bom, the embryo
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