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The veterinary practice "AMASVET SL", named in the past "Alfonso Monge, Asociados Veterinarios", is a veterinary clinic, that has been running for over 25 years.

Its activities have always been directed towards both clinical work and research, in particular regarding large animals; cattle (dairy and beef) and horses.

Currently, our professional team consists of six veterinarians, all with experience in every field of the cattle industry. However, each one has specialised in specific areas of both,  bovine herd health and equine reproduction.

Our current team and their areas of specialisation are outlined in the following table:

Alfonso Monge	Internal Medicine and Obstetrics. Surgery. Nutrition. Genetic. Herd Health. Equine and Bovine Reproduction. Biotechnologies. Research. Practice-Management
Eutiquio Esteban	Claws Care. Internal Medicine and Obstetrics. Surgery.
Fernando Criado	Internal Medicine and Obstetrics. Surgery. Beef Cattle Herd Management

The professional activity of our clinic and the services with which we provide our customers can be classified as follows:

Cattle Practice

• Herd Health and Production Management
  • Reproductive control
  • Embryo transfer
  • Obstetrics
  • Surgery
  • Mastitis Control in dairy cattle
  • Nutritional management
  • Herd Health management
  • Computerisation and data analysis
  • Herd Comprehensive Advice
• Training and courses for farmers
  • Artificial insemination
  • Herd management
  • Legal requirements
  • Reproductive control. Computerisation
  • Milking routine as an important part of the milk quality control

Equine Reproduction

• Management of the infertile mare
• Artificial insemination with fresh, chilled and frozen semen
• Evaluation and preservation of equine semen
• Cryopreservation of equine semen
• Embryo transfer
• Freezing of equine embryos

Training Courses for Veterinarians and Students

• Artificial insemination
• Bovine reproductive control
• Bovine surgery
• Laboratory analysis
• Embryo transfer

Scientific Work, Publications and Research

• Publication of several books and monographs
• Posters and presentations in national and international congresses
• Information brochures about our training courses
• Contribution to the teaching work in the Veterinary University of Madrid (thanks to the professional teaching work of Juan Vicente González, PhD Vet Med, active in the Veterinary University of Madrid)
• Organisation of stays of veterinary students on their last years. We accept 8 or 9 students per year.

Our clinic is situated in Guadalix de la Sierra, in the North of Madrid. Our clients are farmers from different farms located in central Spain. We also work with many farms outside our region (Castilla León or Cantabria).

Often, our expertise is required to aid other veterinary groups from all over Spain and Portugal in the solution of conflictive problems with herds.

We are in charge of 9.000 dairy cattle and 4000 beef cattle.

Referring to the equine practice:

• 50 mares come to our facilities to be inseminated per year.
• We freeze semen from 20 stallions per year.
• We sell fresh and chilled semen to other veterinarians.
• In the last year we have performed approximately 10 embryo collections.