Ashby Genetics

Ashby Genetics (formerly Ashby Embryos) was a division of Ashby Herd Health Services ; a veterinary practice established in 1973 by Dr. Shelvin Arey. Dr. Randall Hinshaw joined Ashby Herd Health in 1982 and bought the practice in 1987. The practice grew to be the largest food animal practice in Virginia. The embryo transfer business known as Ashby... Embryos began shortly after his arrival and grew to the point where it is today as Ashby Genetics. We still share the physical plant and staff with Ashby Herd Health, but we are now our own business entity located in Harrisonburg, Virginia in the largest agricultural area of the state. Randall attended the University of Georgia graduating with a B.S. in Agriculture in 1977 and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1982. Upon graduation, he joined Ashby Herd Health Services which is a cattle practice in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. His embryo transfer career began in 1983 with the collection of his first donor. The embryo transfer business continued to grow, and in 1995 he made the decision to focus full time on embryo transfer and reproductive ultrasound by creating Ashby Embryos; now Ashby Genetics. He has serviced clients in 16 states and Puerto Rico. Randall has been involved with training veterinarians nationally in embryo transfer as the coordinator of the Edwin Robertson Beginning Embryo Transfer through the American Association of Bovine Practitioners. He has given presentations to producers, veterinary schools and educational meetings across the country. He has served as president of the Virginia Academy of Food Animal Practitioners, on the board of the American Embryo Transfer Association and the board of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, and as president of the American Embryo Transfer Association. Randall received the American Embryo Transfer Association Presidents Award in 2005, the American Association of Bovine Practitioners Practitioner of the Year Award in 2006, and the Paul F. Landis Virginia Veterinarian of the Year Award in 2011 ...Read More