International Canine Semen Bank-Grass Valley is owned by
Bridgett Higginbotham, RVT. Bridgett has owned this business
since 2000.  Located in the beautiful foothills in Grass Valley,
California, we have mobile labs at several AKC licensed shows
around California, and some surrounding states.  In addition to the
shows, we offer clinics for canine semen collection, freezing and
storage in Grass Valley. Also included in our services are: Artificial
inseminations, assistance with surgical implants ( we have several
veterinarians we work with), collection and shipping of fresh chilled
semen, progesterone testing and timing for bitches and ultrasound
for pregnancy.
We also have supplies available for sale for all your reproduction
needs, including AKC DNA kits!

Bridgett has been a licensed veterinary technician for the last 20 years
and was working in veterinary hospitals in Grass Valley until she started
the ICSB franchise.  Even as a veterinary technician in a hospital setting,
she always had a special interest in reproduction and studied all the
semen freezing techniques and timing protocols. Other
accomplishments to her credit include:

ICSB Grass Valley utilizes the technologies developed by Prof. Carrol
Platz, of ICSB Oregon. Through 30 years of research, Prof. Platz has
successfully developed this technique for collection, evaluation and
freezing of canine semen. Litters have been produced from frozen
semen that has been stored for 34 years prior to thawing, a world
record, and insemination at ICSB! Under his 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.
 

As a full service mobile laboratory, ICSB Grass Valley offers
the following convenient services:

We also offer fresh cooled extended semen kits for transporting
your semen. This technique allows the bitch owner the convenience
and safety of having semen shipped directly to them instead of
shipping their bitch to the stud dog.
Another first for ICSB!

Research exclusive to ICSB has provided us with a successful
program for the recovery, freezing and artificial insemination of
canine sperm cells from the testes of dogs that have died
or have been neutered.

ICSB Grass Valley works closely with your veterinarian and all of our
services are, of course, confidential. Call or email for more information!
 

All employees of ICSB Grass Valley are well versed in the dog world.
Our staff of veterinarians, reproduction technicians and reproduction
support staff include dog breeders, AKC judges and members of the
Theriogeniology Society for canine reproduction. We have recently
added to our staff, Dr Michelle Capen, a member of the
Theriogenology Society.
Dr Capen is excited to be working with our breeders and clients and
brings a new level of excellence to the services we offer. In addition to
our regular services, we now offer Transcervical implants, surgical
implants, ultrasounds for diagnostics and pregnancy confirmation,
full reproduction evaluation and work ups, both on stud dogs and bitches.
 
We are totally dog friendly and understand your needs are very
important to you. They are to us too!  We hope you find all the
information you need on our site, if you have any questions please
do not hesitate to contact us, or stop by and get acquainted!
 
 

International Canine Semen Bank-Grass Valley
ICSB-Grass Valley, Inc
Bridgett Higginbotham, RVT
PO BOX 741
Cedar Ridge, CA 95924
530-273-9123..Office phone
530-273-9128..fax
530-913-4957..cell
info@icsbgrassvalley.com