McIvor Road Meltdown Causes Frozen Panic
A failure in one of two frozen semen storage devices at Bendigo’s McIvor Road Vet Clinic has caused panic amongst Australian studmasters and breeders. The AGRA licensed storage facilty, had a storage canister fail last Wednesday 9th April 2008. That failure meant that over 100 valuable straws of frozen semen defrosted rendering the semen worthless.
A spokesperson for McIvor Road Vet Clinic said that the error was discovered late Wednesday afternoon. They state that since that time they have been working closely with the AGRA, who register and track all frozen semen in the country; to “identify each frozen semen straw and its registered owners”. Continue reading McIvor Road Meltdown Causes Frozen Panic