Horse Breeding

Horse sperm, or semen, is primarily used for breeding purposes to impregnate mares. It can also be used for artificial insemination to help preserve valuable genetics or for assisted reproduction techniques. Additionally, in some cases, horse sperm may be used for research or to produce vaccines.

The exact answer is going to depend on what area of the world the mare is in. In the United States, a mare should be current on the vaccines which the American Association of Equine Practioners considers to be "core vaccinations" during pregnancy: Eastern and Western Equine Encephalytis, West Nile Virus, Tetanus and Rabies. It is also recommended that they be vaccinated against Equine Herpes Virus at 3, 5, 7 and 9 months of gestation as this virus can cause abortions. Vaccination against Influenza, Strangles and other possible infectious disease may also be recommended based upon the risks to the specific mare. Boostering for these diseases is also recommended about 1 month prior to foaling to help ensure the highest level of maternal antibodies get transferred to the foal through the colostrum. For vaccination recommendations for each specific situation, horse owners should contact their veterinarian prior to breeding their mare as there may be increased risk of contracting infectious disease during the actual breeding.

The cross between a male donkey and a female horse is called a mule. Mules are generally infertile animals, and may only be produced by interbreeding between horses and donkeys. Interbreeding between a female donkey and a male horse is more rare, but produces a hinny. A hinny tends to be somewhat smaller than a mule, and is likewise infertile.

Silver dilutes black pigment. Silver has no effect on Red. And a black horse carrying the silver gene will be brownish/chocolate with flaxen mane and tail.

Yes, if your horse is a throughbred and lives in a race barn. Otherwise give them to the dogs, they absolutely love them! Or if you want to give your male pardner a suble hint, put them in a pickle jar with his name on it. ;)

If either horse is homozygous for roan the foal will be roan, if both are heterozygous there is a 75% chance that the foal will be roan.

If by strawberry roan you mean the stallion is a bay roan as opposed to a chestnut roan, we can surmise that the stallion is Rn-A-E-

The mare is Rn-aaE-

The base color of the foal, without regard to whether it is roan is as follows

If the stallion or mare is EE at the extension site they will produce either a bay or black foal...since the stallion is bay he could be AA (only bay foals) or Aa which will produce 50-50 bay or black with this mare.

If both the mare and the stallion are Ee at the extension site there is a 25% chance of a chestnut foal.

A horse's height at birth depends on it's breed. If it is a miniature horse, they are going to be around 16-20 inches from the withers to the ground. If it's a Quarter horse, it may be around 10 hands high.

There are several terms. The medical term would be cryptorchid, although this implies that the testicle was left accidentally and a competent vet should have found both testicles and removed them. If the testicle was deliberately left during castration (which is a potential breach of veterinary medical ethics if the horse is sold as a gelding but is actually still a stallion) then the stallion would be called 'proud cut' or a 'ringling'. This was somewhat common in circus horses, where one testicle was removed to improve the horse's temperment and make him easier to control but the other was left so that the horse would look like a stallion (develop the thicker neck, heavy muscling, etc.).

you will get almost any colour because your horses colour is not determined by the colour of it' s parents. you can have two chestnut horses that breed to make a bay foal. unless the horse is bred to be a specific colour, like the Cleavland Bay breed. the foals colour all depends on its genetic material.

No, they do not. you Would never really know when your gelding or Stallion would have to go to the bathroom. When they need to, they will extend their hind legs back the penis will come out, and they will go to the bathroom.

Aristides, the inaugural Kentucky Derby winner in 1875, was bred in England. Additionally, Omar Khayyam, the winner in 1917, was bred in Ireland.

There is no difinite way to tell, but it could end up being a chestnut overo foal. They foal could also get it from it's distance dam's or sire's (great grandsire, grandsire, great granddam, granddam).

wtf have you been smoking!!???

yes, there are certain sites. Try dreamhorse.com. You should be able to order frozen semen, and have your local veterinarian administer it. Stud fees for Zebra semen start out at around $500. also try zebrasrus.com

There are some virtual horse breeding games available for free online, such as Howrse or MyStable. These games allow players to breed and manage horses, but the breeding process is usually represented through text or basic animations rather than graphic visuals.

No

Yes they can, my mare produced milk last year (she has never had a foal). Some plants they eat can mimic hormones that stimulate milk production. If you are worried call your vet,cushings disease can also cause milk production.

If it is a young horse, they will lose baby teeth at about 2-3 years of age and the adult teeth will replace them. If it is an old horse, the teeth are much looser and the gums are not as strong, so an aging horse may start to lose teeth at anywhere from 15-30 years of age. In this case, a change of diet needs to be made. Feed your senior horse softer foods and grains that do not need a lot of chewing.

A donkey and a horse can mate to produce a mule. Mules are a hybrid species and are usually sterile, meaning they cannot reproduce.

Exercise it often and keep it moving. Use a lead rope and request the horse walk, cantor, and gallop around an arena without a rider. Saddle it on a regular schedule, ride the horse, and do proper post-riding tasks to care for the horse and prevent skin irritations. When possible and appropriate, let the horse run independently in a fenced meadow or field. Keep your horse interested and prevent excessive boredom. Join a riding class where the horse and you must complete specific "tasks"--it will keep both of you alert and engaged.

Yes and no. Mare's milk isn't considered the type of milk that could be distributed to the human population. However, historically, like in the days of the Old West, when a woman couldn't give enough breast milk to feed her newborn and the family owned no milk cow, they would use a mare that they owned that had just recently foaled to milk out and give milk to the baby. In today's world, chances of this happening is just about nil, except in possibly more poorer countries.

20 inches

Between eleven and twelve months gestation is normal.

To prevent mosquitoes from breeding in a horse tank, you can regularly clean and change the water, stock the tank with fish that eat mosquito larvae, install a circulation system to keep the water moving, or use a mosquito dunk or larvicide to kill the larvae. Regular maintenance and monitoring are key to preventing mosquito breeding in the horse tank.

Horses can cycle year round under the right circumstances.

Consistenly warm weather during the winter can result can bring the mare into

transitional heat.

Increased photo period can result in a return to heat.

The combination of lengthening photo period and temperature increases the chances that mares will cycle earlier in the year.

If they are in the correct position they can be seen. Young colts have substantially smaller testes than stallions but they are still visible.