International Canine Semen Bank (ICSB) was founded by Professor Carrol C. Platz, Jr. ICSB's program is based on techniques developed by Professor Platz.

Through Professor Platzs' 35 years of research at the University of Oregon Medical School, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas A&M University and continuing in the ICSB laboratory, ICSB has produced thousands of puppies using fresh frozen canine semen. ICSB and associates were first in producing litters registered by the AKC, The American Field Dog Association and the National Greyhound Association, and assisted in developing the guidelines used by these organizations for registering litters produced from frozen semen. They have produced litters from frozen semen that had been stored for 34 years prior to thawing and insemination at ICSB.

Under Professor Platz's direction, this research continues and provides the dog breeder with the most successful program available using fresh, fresh chilled and frozen canine semen and artificial insemination using non-surgical and surgical procedures.

To get a better understanding of ICSB services, listed herein are some of the services and questions that are of interest to breeders.

1. 'Puppy-Pak' for shipping fresh chilled semen.
2. Experienced veterinarians for artificial inseminations and surgical inseminations.
3. Consultation available to veterinarians and dog breeders.
4. Our 3 exclusives: 'ICSB Extended Cryo-Kit', 'ICSB Cryo-Kit' for shipping semen to us for freezing and storage and the 'ICSB Epi-Kit' to ship dog testes for retrieval/freezing of canine sperm.
5. The most complete semen evaluation available for your stud dog, including acrosome integrity testing.
6. Artificial insemination products and supplies.
7. Media and buffers for adjusting or correcting canine semen imbalance and contaminants.
8. DNA testing for registry and paternity testing (all results confidential).
9. Frozen canine semen shipping to foreign countries, including Australia, England, Germany, Belgium, Japan, Sweden, Norway, Poland, South Africa and many others.
10. Electro-ejaculation equipment for collecting semen from dogs where conventional collection methods are not successful.
    
    As time goes by dog breeders will no doubt see canine competitors come and go, but rest assured ICSB has the history, experience, long-term commitment and support to provide our services to dog breeders worldwide for many decades to come.
    
    How to use your vials efficiently.

When we collect and freeze semen from your dog, we present you with a quote of the number of vials at the end of the freezing process. Most people say "great!" or "darn!" However, in the end, everyone always asks, at least once, "What does the number of vials mean?", and "How many do I need?", and "How many are used for an insemination?"

Here are some answers.

What does the number of vials mean?

1. The number of vials indicates how many inseminations you have available. So, if we froze 4 vials, there are 4 possible inseminations.

How many do I need?

2. Each vial is packaged based on the thaw evaluation and contains a selected number of live, motile, normal sperm cells. Our packaging requirements are the highest in the frozen semen industry. After 40 years of reseach, Prof. Platz has determined the optimal amount of cells needed for a successful breeding. A specific number of live, motile, normal sperm cells is used for each breed of dog. Any abnormal sperm or loss of motilitly is noted and adjustments are made at the time of packaging.

How many are used for an insemination?

3. 1 vial is used per insemination. This translates to 1 vial for a surgical insemination. We recommend 2 vials for a vaginal or trans-cervial insemination (1 per insemination-typically 2 inseminations are done for vaginal and trans-cervical breedings.)

WHY IS MY VET ASKING FOR 2 VIALS FOR A SURGICAL INSEMINATION?

ICSB can not speak for other facility success rates, but our success rate is in the 90th percentile using 1 vial of semen when surgical insemination is performed, we are monitoring her cycle with serum progesterone levels and our timing and thawing procedures are followed. The system that we have developed requires only 1 vial of semen per insemination. From 1-3cc's of thawed semen should be inserted into the uterine horns, depending on the dog breed. The bitch is producing from 1-20 eggs on average. The semen inseminated into a dog that produces the high-end on those eggs are approximately 175-250million live motile, normal sperm cells. If those can't fertilize this number of eggs,, an extra 175-250 million is not likely going to make a difference.

Thoroughly tested and most successful kit available today!
Veterinarians and breeders agree:

The Puppy Pak provides the easiest system and prevents damage to sperm cells due to over-handling during the collection, packaging and shipping process.

Easy to use-just 4 simple steps:

1. Collect semen specimen from dog
2. Pour specimen into the media tube and cap
3. Place into the "Puppy Pak" kit as instructed
4. Ship

To use, simply warm the cooled semen to between room and body temperature and inseminate.

ICSB Puppy Paks are reusable. No need to buy an entire new kit each time. All you need to order is the replacement media.

Inexpensive – The Puppy Paks are $50.00 each, plus shipping. Instructions and media included.

Replacement media: $23.00, plus shipping

The "Puppy Pak" is less than half the price of many other fresh chilled kits and has been proven to be the most successful kit available.

Other items that can be ordered and shipped with the "Puppy Pak":

ICSB-Main Office has the first and only consistently successful system for shipping canine semen for processing and storage. The breeder may ship the semen to Portland, Oregon via United Parcel Service, Federal Express, or Air Cargo where the most experienced and successful personnel in the business will process, freeze and store the semen for future use.