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Equine Disease Quarterly | EQUINE NOTICE CONCERNS REGARDING SAEVA MEMBERS AND USE OF “ILLEGAL” FROZEN SEMEN The SAEVA Executive has been approached with a request to inform our membership regarding the possible unwitting utilisation of illegally acquired frozen semen on client mares. We would strongly urge that our members ensure that their clients provide appropriate proof of DAFF-authorised clearance of any batch of frozen semen prior to its utilisation. If you have been supplied with suspect semen you are obliged in terms of the relevant legislation to report this to DAFF. Chairperson Stud Health Committee Martin Schulman 17 December 2018 • Volume 21 Issue 1 | March 2019 • 35