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To produce a horse with certain qualities. Example: you have a herd of thoroughbred mares and a pair of thoroughbred stallions at your barn. Some mares in your herd are tall, some are medium height, and sOme are super short for a thoroughbred. Say that you want a fast thoroughbred to race. And your taller mares are faster than all the others, and the taller thoroughbred is faster than the shorter one. So you are obviously are going to breed a tall, fast mare with the tall, fast stallion in hopes of producing a foal with this specific quality. (speed)
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∙ 7y agoSelective breeding - allows breeders to reduce or remove unwanted 'traits' in animals - and enhance those traits that are beneficial.
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Do they artificial insemenate race horses?
Yes, AI is widely used in breeding thoroughbred horses.
Why are horses endangered?
Probably mostly because horses today are used mostly for riding, not for breeding.
Is a horse ranch profitable?
Depends on what the horses are used for. If breeding, horses can be sold for sport, pets, and work but most horses are kept as pets, pleasure horses, and hobby horses.
What are american paint horses used for?
Showing, Racing, Breeding, and Pleasure Riding.
What is a breeding farm on Howrse?
the breeding farm is where your horses are kept. you can access your horses by scrolling the mouse over the Breeding Farm tab and then clicking My Horses. the breeding farm is basically the stuff that you own, while the equestrian center tab is how you take care of an equestrian center if you own one
What is the Dewey decimal for horses?
636.1
Is selective breeding used to improve the phenotype of plants?
Yes. Selective breeding is also used to improve or otherwise change breeds of dogs, cats, horses, cows, and so forth.
What are the uses for Paint horses?
Today Paint horses are used for pleasure, breeding/improving the breed, companionship, show, and sometimes even used in movies such as Hidalgo and used in Native American cerimonies.
Why must selective breeding be used in horses?
Selective breeding is very popular among people who have horse breeding farms. Selective breeding is used to get certain traits for the future foal. For example, if somebody had a stallion (male horse) that has won many races, a person with a mare (female horse) would want to breed to that stallion in hopes of producing a foal that would be good at running races. In the wild, horses are not domesticated, therefore breed with any horse they please from age 1 and up. Wild horses are smart, though, and know what horses are related to them so they will not inbreed.
Do Clydesdale horses always have white feet?
Almost always. On rare occations a foal will be born with chestnut or black legs. These odd colored horses are usually not used for breeding.
Animals are used for breeding and defence reaserch?
They might be sometimes but not all the time.
Are there condoms for horses?
Yes and no. A condom like device is used to collect stallion seamen form breeding stallions where they want to use this of artificial insemination.
