Formulating Et Contracts

Veterinarians can serve some of their more progressive commercial cow-calf clients by introducing them to the option of becoming an embryo transfer (ET) contract recipient herd. Contract recipient herds receive embryos from owners of purebred herds, have those embryos transferred to their synchronous recipient cows, calve and raise those ET calves to weaning when they are sold back to the embryo owners. A veterinarian can assist in this process by providing advice and services related to reproductive management, herd health, ET and contractual relations between the contract recipient herd owner and the embryo owner. The objective of this presentation will be to present pertinent information on the operation of contract recipient herds from the viewpoints of the embryo owner, the contract recipient herd owner and the veterinarian.