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Select Breeders Southwest, Inc.
an SBS Network Laboratory

About Select Breeders Southwest

Select Breeders Southwest, Inc is located in the thriving north Texas lake area. Forty minutes due north of DFW Airport, makes this centralized location ideal for your breeding convenience.  Siaset Farm, owned by Whit and Kathy Byers, has been the home of SBSW since its inception 12 years ago. Aubrey, Texas is the fast growing, yet historical, horse capitol of the southwest region. Home to thousands of horses and renowned veterinary facilities, this area offers the finest services available in the horse industry today.

Select Breeders Southwest and Siaset Farm feature:

• Excellent stallion and mare management facilities
• A professional and dedicated staff
• A technology-rich semen analysis and freezing laboratory
• A state-of-the-art mobile laboratory

We currently store nearly 25,000 doses of equine frozen semen from over 600 stallions.  Select Breeders Southwest was the first affiliated lab established by Select Breeders Service.  There are now 12 affiliated labs worldwide and SBSW is now the largest.

Our stallion center was completed in late fall 2004.  The USDA previewed plans for this facility, which meet requirements for export qualified semen freezing.  To maintain our status as an export approved facility, we are inspected by the USDA bi-annually. We also stand several stallions at stud during the breeding season and have a comprehensive mare management program.  Our customized mare care and associated technology includes embryo transfer, low-dose video-endoscope breeding, frozen and cooled semen breeding management as well as traditional artificial and live cover breeding.   This total package of reproductive services makes us the premier location for your breeding program.

Approximately 60% or our work is referred by the veterinary community.  Some of our specialties include:

• Veterinary referred equine semen analysis
• Pre-purchase semen analysis
• Management practices for young and problem stallions.
• Customized semen freezing protocols

When you desire the utmost in precision, quality control and friendly detailed service you need to experience the difference with
Select Breeders Southwest.

Staff

		Whit Byers, MS Email Partner and General Manager of SBSW. Owner of Breeders Choice, LLC and Siaset Farm, Whit Byers has been in the horse breeding business for 36 years. His degree in reproductive physiology from Colorado State University and wealth of experience in breeding management has signified him as an industry leader.
		Erin Bishop, MS Email    Celebrating 5 years with SBSW! Erin Bishop received her masters degree from Colorado State University in equine reproduction. She performs many tasks as lab manager, head of the import/export department, advertising, coordinator of the Texas Breeders Forum as well as freeze technician.
		Kathy Byers Kathy's client relations expertise, servant's heart and precision detailing as office manager is the glue that binds the team together.

What Our Clients Say

It is my opinion that frozen semen provides all involved with the best possible breeding advantages. More... Jim Carola, owner Cool Hand Hickory, Quarter Horse Stallion

Bob and I wanted to reiterate in writing how pleased we are with the frozen semen you have collected and shipped to Austria and Australia for our stallion, Leaguers Grand Slam. More... Bob and Susan Benz, owners Leaguers Grand Slam