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SBSItalia, S.r.L
an SBS Network Laboratory

About SBSItalia, S.r.L

Drs. Sandro Barbacini, Vittorio Marchi, Denis Necchi and Gianmaria Postinger are responsible for running Select Breeders Services Italia. SBSItalia is located at Cascina Cristella, nearby Cremona, in Northern Italy. The goal of SBSItalia is to provide the most advanced reproductive techniques to the equine breeding industry, by bringing together the specialized experiences of the four members together at one  state-of-the-art facility. Presently SBSItalia offers services in equine semen freezing, storage and distribution, embryo transfer, stud farm medicine and neonatology. The facility boasts 50 stalls that host between 100 to 150 mares during the breeding season. All mares are bred either with frozen or cooled semen. The northern Italian equine reproduction facility includes a well designed palpation room for intensive ultrasound monitoring of the mares, a foaling unit and an intensive care unit for equine neonates. SBSItalia operates an European Union (EU) approved up to date laboratory for equine semen freezing and frozen semen distribution. As a Select Breeders Services Affiliated Laboratory, SBSItalia freezes 400-500 ejaculates of equine semen a year and stores almost 4000 insemination doses of frozen semen. SBSItalia operates successfully in the International distribution of equine frozen semen. SBSItalia also runs a full equine Embryo Transfer program counting on a 40/50 recipient mare herd. SBSItalia is an EU authorized Embryo Transfer center and performs non-surgical transfers of fresh embryos collected at its facility and of cooled shipped or frozen-thawed equine embryos.

View list of Quarter Horse, Paint Horse and Appaloosa stallions with frozen semen available in Europe

Thawing Instructions for semen frozen in 0.5ml straws

Staff
Dr. Sandro Barbacini, whose veterinary clinic is located in Northern Italy, directs the activities of SBS Europe. Formally created in 2000, SBS Europe has affiliates in key equine centers throughout Europe. Dr. Barbacini oversees SBS work and is responsible for implementing the rigorous quality control standards for which SBS is known. sandro@sbsitaliasrl.com AI Using Cooled and Frozen Semen Use of Frozen Semen in an A.I. Center: Technical Management and Obtainable Results   Dr. Denis Necchi Denis is a Milan University graduate in veterinary medicine and an ECAR board certified . His major area of interest are equine semen freezing and diagnosis of stallion infertility. He is also responsible for managing the SBSItalia Embryo Transfer recipient herd. denis@sbsitaliasrl.com Article: Embryo Transfer   Dr. Gianmaria Postinger Gianmaria is a Bologna University graduate in veterinary medicine and is responsible for managing all the frozen semen mares inseminated at SBSItalia. He is also responsible for the neonatal intensive care unit located at our facility. gianmaria@sbsitaliasrl.com Il Parto ed Il Puledro La Fattrice     Dr. Vittorio Marchi Vittorio is a Parma  University graduate in veterinary medicine and overlooks the SBSItalia logistics. He is responsible of the foaling unit and helps in managing the frozen semen mare program. vittorio@sbsitaliasrl.com     Francesca Bellingeri, Office Manager Extraordinaire francesca@sbsitaliasrl.com