Sunshine Genetics, Inc.

Sunshine Genetics, Inc. is a veterinarian practice in Whitewater, WI, located at W7782 US-12. The practice specializes in advanced bovine reproductive technology, offering embryo transfer (ET) services, conventional flushing, ovum pick up (OPU), and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to dairy and beef cattle operations. It holds a rating of 4.90 from its customers. Sunshine Genetics began in the 1970s as a part-time embryo transfer business started by Chris Keim and Dan Hornickel, friends and classmates from the University of Illinois Veterinary School who had been practicing large animal medicine 100 miles apart. Their early ET work involved surgical transfers, before embryo freezing technology was established. As demand grew, the two purchased a farm in Whitewater, WI, and the operation expanded into an internationally recognized company providing ET services to small and large genetic businesses, and became one of the earliest export providers of bovine embryos to international emerging markets. The farm initially housed their registered Brown Swiss cattle and grew into a boarding facility for client-owned donors. In 2009, Dr. Dr. Aaron Prososki joined in 2016, bringing a focus on genomics and marketing. Drs. Keim and Hornickel retired in 2017. Between 2021 and 2023, a new building project increased donor housing capacity from 225 to 425 donors and added a new office, collection area, and IVF laboratory. The team includes veterinarians, embryologists, office staff, and farm staff. Donor housing is designed around animal comfort and nutrition, with animals housed in sawdust and shavings bed pack pens in groups of six to ten, in barns with curtains and variable speed fans that keep donors 10 to 15 degrees cooler than outside in summer and 10 to 15 degrees warmer in winter. The facility houses dairy heifers, non-lactating dairy cows, beef heifers, and beef cows with weaned calves. The practice sits on US-12, about 0.6 miles from the Iron Brigade Memorial Highway and 0.8 miles from Bluff Creek. Bluff Creek State Natural Area is about a mile away, and Elkhorn Road, the Stephen Ambrose Memorial Highway, and Lone Tree Bluff are each roughly 1.4 miles from the location. Sunshine Genetics has earned a 4.90 rating from the customers who have reviewed it, reflecting the reputation it has built in Whitewater as a veterinarian practice focused on cattle genetics and reproductive technology.