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What is ICSI ? (Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection)

Many advantages

What is the principle of ICSI treatment ?

What is ICSI?

Intra Cytoplasmatic Sperm Injection or ICSI is a medically assisted reproduction process whereby a single sperm cell is injected into the centre of an egg cell, this means that  fertilisation takes place occurs artificially.  

ICSI-STRAWS.COM offers you the opportunity to allow your mare to undergo an OPU (Ovum-Pick Up) treatment and then benefit from the most exclusive stallions.

Proven in human medicine. Today, a winning formula in modern horse breeding.

The benefits of ICSI

  • Efficient breeding at the highest level.
  • A valuable alternative for older mares, fertility problems or mares that are difficult to get in foal.
  • ICSI can be performed all year round.
  • Maximise the use of valuable genetics, including stallions with scarce or highly valuable semen, such as Chacco Blue, Heartbreaker, Cumano, Catoki, United Touch, …
  • Make unique bloodlines accessible again, even when a stallion’s semen availability or fertility is limited.
  • With a single OPU procedure, you can obtain embryos from different stallions.
  • Multiple embryos per cycle and the possibility of embryo sex determination.
  • Decide when the embryo is transferred and better plan the desired foaling date.
  • Create your own dream combination, preserve unique bloodlines and invest in the genetic future of your breeding programme.
  • The most advanced technology in equine reproduction.
  • ICSI Straws guarantees embryo production.


ICSI: For breeders who leave nothing to chance.
 

The ICSI operating process

1

OPU treatment

The mare is transported to the clinic where the OPU treatment takes place
For this treatment, the mare is put under epidural sedation in order to puncture follicles, making it possible to extract several egg cells.

 

Stap 2

2

Examination

Afterwards, the eggs that have been extracted are examined in a laboratory to see which are qualitatively suitable to be used for ICSI treatment. On average, 60% of the egg cells obtained by this method are normally usable.

 

Stap 3

3

Storage

The usable egg cells are then transported to Italy.
The reason why the egg cells are sent to Italy is because Italy is where all the exclusive frozen semen is stored.

 

Stap 4

4

Maturing

In Italy, a special liquid is added to ensure that the egg cells start maturing. Once this has taken place the egg cells can then be injected with sperm cells which have been selected for this purpose.