Rockhampton Equine Breeding Centre

12/12/2025

WANTED!!!

RECIPIENT MARES FOR EMBRYO TRANSFER PROGRAM

Do you have a mare/mares sitting in the paddock not being used? Perhaps a retired mare that is not going to be bred, or maybe there is a need to reduce numbers?

Equivet Breeding Centre provides an Embryo Transfer program for clients. This process involves flushing a fertilised embryo from a donor mare & transferring into a recipient. The recipient carries the pregnancy & rears the foal - this allows the donor mare to remain in competition, and produce progeny at the same time.

This season we have an increased number of bookings for Embryo Transfer and urgently need to expand our Recipient herd.

Please contact Equivet Breeding Centre if you have or know of any suitable mares that meet the following criteria.
Mares must be:
- Young (preferably under the age of 10)
- Fertile & reproductively sound
- Healthy & sound in themselves, with good feet
- Easy to catch & handle

Please Phone: 07 4691 0322 or Email: [email protected]

21/10/2025

I just got a gooseneck phone holder so I can start filming some of my work. Let me know in the comments what you would like to see.

21/10/2025

Another station stock out the door. Been busy lately and haven’t posted for a while.

14/08/2023

RED & BLACK RUGBY DINNER:
The 2nd annual RGS Rugby Club's Red & Black Rugby Dinner will be held at the Rockhampton Leagues Club on Friday, 1 September, 2023.
Guest speaker is former Wallabies captain, and RGS alumni, Stephen Moore.
A dinner for RGS past players and supporters, current supporters, and Year 12 rugby league and rugby union players and their families.
For more information and tickets visit - https://shorturl.at/inqF7

01/11/2022

Study Research at CQU

11/10/2022

https://thehorse.com/170199/pasture-grass-sugar-levels-when-are-they-lowest/?fbclid=IwAR2YOPUil_oV6rV-RbCXfWzdwu0AOWOEulgcsnLhygzjSZx4q5ykyJpGsH4

Grass sugar content fluctuates with the time of day, season, and weather. Timing pasture access for horses with EMS, IR, or a history of laminitis can help prevent serious problems.

14/09/2022

WANTED.......

RECIPIENT MARES FOR EMBRYO TRANSFER PROGRAM

Do you have a mare/mares sitting in the paddock not being used? Perhaps a retired mare that is not going to be bred, or maybe there is a need to reduce numbers?

Equivet Breeding Centre provides an Embryo Transfer program for clients. This process involves flushing a fertilised embryo from a donor mare & transferring into a recipient. The recipient carries the pregnancy & rears the foal - this allows the donor mare to remain in competition, and produce progeny at the same time.

This season we have an increased number of bookings for Embryo Transfer and urgently need to expand our Recipient herd.
Please contact Equivet Breeding Centre if you have or know of any suitable mares that meet the following criteria.

Mares must be:
- Young (preferably under the age of 10)
- Fertile & reproductively sound
- Healthy & sound in themselves, with good feet
- Easy to catch & handle

Please Phone: 07 4691 0322 or Email: [email protected]

17/08/2022

Our district vet in Tamworth was called out to investigate the death of 10 out of 55 adult angus cows on an agistment block last week.

The cattle were found dead in the paddock. A paddock walk to look at the environment they were in, showed the presence of a large amount of green cestrum that had been noticeably eaten. A post mortem examination revealed swollen, damaged livers – confirming the diagnosis of green cestrum poisoning.

It is unclear what made the cattle eat the cestrum, when it had been present in the paddock along with the cattle for 3 months – perhaps the cooler weather made them more hungry, or the frosted grass was less palatable.

Further information on Green cestrum can be found at the link below – remember that if you have unexpected stock deaths, always call your veterinarian so that we can investigate.

https://bit.ly/3Sz17WR

16/08/2022

Come work with us!

Our Precision Livestock Management Team is on the hunt for two new team members!

We're looking for Senior Research Officer/Research Fellow and a Technical Officer.

Find out more here:

https://careers.cqu.edu.au/job/Rockhampton-Senior-Research-Officer-QLD/779757810/

https://careers.cqu.edu.au/job/Rockhampton-Technical-Officer-Precision-Livestock-Management-