Here at the ranch we just let the stallion and our few broodmares share a pasture for the summer and the mares usually have a baby the next spring. But for many people pasture breeding isn’t an option so when I saw this post on building a breeding phantom by Jos Mottershead of equine-reproduction.com, I thought it might be of interest to some of our readers.
This subject has come up in a couple of different places lately. There seem to be quite a few people who have had experiences that indicate that a stallion will reject breeding his own daughter. I have heard this is true in wild herds.
I thought is post by Jos Mottershead on his equine-reproduction forum was quite interesting. Someone had sent him an inquiry about why the Thoroughbred industry only does live cover with their stallions.
Mr. Pierre Trudel, Manager of CBSA’s Origin and Valuation Policy Unit observed: “We have determined that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will issue a National Customs Notice to clarify the question of customs valuation in the matter of equine semen importations”.
Was the TB stallion named Gladiator the real source of some of our genetic diseases?
A new product has now been approved by the FDA for use in the equine that will be likely to replace many of the current products including all the compounded Deslorelin products.
Some larger American horse breeding operations that had exported semen to Canada within the last few years recently received in the mail a communication from the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) entitled “Advice Sheet – Responsibility of Vendors with Respect to Valuation of Horse Semen”. Some of the information required is causing concern in the equine breeding community.
Hereditary Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia – I think it is the word Hereditary at the beginning that makes me think that we breeders need to get a better plan. Most certainly a better plan than just sticking our heads in the sand and hoping this will go away.
Believe it or not is is time to start thinking about the tests and permits if your are planning to ship semen to the U.S. in the spring.
Ergot is being found in feed grain at much higher levels than usual. The ergot problem, precipitated by the spring weather conditions, is very widespread across most of Alberta and in other Prairie Provinces as well. .. “Weather conditions this year when plants were heading and flowering was very cool with high humidity and it [...]
In February 2010 USDA announced a cost-sharing voluntary CEM testing program for stallions resident in the USA. The intent was primarily to determine if there was an absence of the causative organism Taylorella equigenitalis in the domestic herd, or if it was found to be present to facilitate traceback ability and determine degree of prevalence. [...]
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