Horse Breeding

In the US this is most frequently referred to as a retained placenta.

Founder is probably the most frequently discussed complication of a retained placenta, followed by sepsis (infection that spreads throughout the body) and infection. Severe illness usually ensues within several hours or a few days, and can quickly be fatal. Veterinary care is vital for a retained placenta and its complications.

When a mare retains part or all of the placenta after foaling, also known as a 'hung cleansing', several complications can arise. The most problematic is severe infection. This happens in many cases because the placenta, after foaling, dies and begins to break down. The large amount of decomposing tissue in her uterus can make a mare extremely ill. Depending on what sort of infection she develops and how far it spreads, it can also cause scarring inside her uterus and vagina; this can prevent her from conceiving or from carrying a foal to term in the future.

Another common complication is mastitis; this occurs both because of the strain on the mare's immune system caused by the decomposing tissue inside her, and because the discharge of pus and infected fluids from her vagina will trickle between her legs to her udder. Mastitis is an infection of the udder that leads to pain, swelling and heat in the udder, and also 'poisons' her milk. A mare with mastitis cannot feed her foal until the condition has cleared up, and will sometimes 'dry up' so that the foal must be bottle fed not just for a few days, but until it can be weaned.

There are photographs readily available on the internet of what a complete horse placenta looks like, so after your mare has foaled it is good practise to examine the placenta to make sure it is intact. Obvious torn edges could show where a part has come away, possibly meaning that she has retained some of it. The placenta is normally passed within a few hours of foaling, and certainly within a day; a mare who has not passed it may be off her food or listless, and may develop a fever and a bad-smelling discharge from her vagina. If you suspect that your mare has retained part or all of her placenta, CALL THE VET immediately. Removing a retained placenta a day or two after foaling is easy and usually has a good outcome. Hanging about to 'wait and see' may not.

In a simliar time period, like two days difference, there is a higher chance of the mare becoming pregnant, but she will probably only have one foal as twin foals are rare.

These initials could mean a number of things depending on the circumstances in which they are used, unfortunately there is not enough information here to give a meaningful answer.

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There are many products on the market for dark spots on skin. Sperm is not a

component of any of these.

The mares (female horses) are in foal for 11 months. A mother or dam, recognises it's foal by smell. She spends the first hour after birth licking and sniffing her foal to create a bond between them. Mares produce milk for their young and will feed them for up to six months before they are weaned. During foaling, mares need peace and quiet. Disturbing them may cause their labour to stop. The most common time of year for a horse to be born is in spring. Mares shouldn't be ridden after they are five months pregnant. Mares normally come into season when the days are longest and warmest-from early spring into late autumn.Although mares become less fertile with age, she can still produce offspring into her late teens.Mares in season can be more sensetive than geldings (boy horses.) During this time some object to being brushed and having their girths ( a strap of material or leather that holds the saddle in place) and require sensetive handling. Though foals are so cute and cuddly, some mares sadly reject their foals. The foals can sometimes be raised by a foster mare.

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No. Sheep and goats are close enough species-wise and if you cross them you get what is called a shoat. But horses and goats are too far apart genetically for a successful cross.

Mares with normal estrus behavior will cycle the same way most of their lives. There are disease processes or reproductive anomalies that can develop that will cause a mare to stop cycling or change cycling behavior but the conditions are somewhat rare and can occur at any age.

A uterine prolapse is something a VETERINARIAN should handle, not you. So call the vet IMMEDIATELY, as if you leave the uterus out for long periods, your mare could contract infections and die, not to mention attract predatory animals. A vet will lube it up and wash it off with prepoiodine solution and push it back in, then sow the vulva lips together to keep the uterus in.

A mare may become more tempermental when she is in heat, and possibly more agressive.

Another characteristic that a mare is in heat is what is called flagging or winking. A mare may lift her tail in front of a male horse to get his attention.

The most sure sign that a mare is in heat is her acceptance of being near a stallion. If a mare is in heat around a stallion she may squat and urinate showing she is ready to breed.

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Yes...people do it all the time with no adverse effects to the mare or foal.

Your vet can prescribe domperidon to increase milk production if necessary.

There is no lead stallion. There is Alpha Mare. SHE leads the pack. But a stallion in the pack would breed with most every mare.

Breeders that are breeding for racing TB, Standardbreds,Qhs try to breed as close to Jan 1 as possible. Their birthdays will be Jan 1 according to the racing comissions so obviously you want your horse to be as close to that age as possible.

The most natural time horses are born in is the months of spring and early summer: March, April, May and June

Most of the breeding sheds for the Thoroughbred industry open February 8th in order to avoid a foal being born before January 1st.

Yes a mares vagina does need periodic cleaning. You'll want to do this to clean off bacteria and debris that could get into the vaginal tract and cause infertility. You simply wipe the vaginal opening off with a damp sponge or rag.

You will also want to wash the mares vagina with a nonirritating soap and rinse it well right before breeding her to a stallion to prevent the passing of germs and bacteria.

Barring any complications like infertility, an 8 year old mare is perfectly capable of becoming pregnant when bred to a fertile stallion.

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Of course miniature horses can get pregnant.

Horses are born, not made. And they're born from other horses. Only way for that to happen is if horses get pregnant.

Mares always give birth lying down.

Yes, the date a horse was foaled is the date he was born. Foaling just means giving birth, so if the date is in the future or the very recent past (and doesn't make sense by looking at the horses' teeth) and the horse concerned is a mare, it could be the day she gave birth (or is due to give birth), not the day she was born.

Firstly let me say that breeding only for color is a very bad idea. Always breed for conformation, temperament and performance first and only from registered and proven breeding stock of good conformation and temperament.

Now for the color genetics, you'd want a chestnut horse that is ee (the only way to get chestnut is if it's ee.) for the red base coat, that also does not carry agouti (responsible for black distribution.) so it would need to be aa also. You'll need a cremello horse with the above factors also. ee, aa, and carrying two copies of cream (the only way to get a horse to be cremello is if it carries two copies of cream.) so it would be CrCr. This would produce foals that are ee, aa, nCr or palomino in color (palomino only requires one copy of the cream gene.) You can test any horse for breeding by ordering a test through a reputable company or lab, pull some tail hairs from the potential breeding stock and send it in for testing. This will tell you 100% what genes your horses have and what the potential foals color(s) would be.

This depends greatly on what color the stallion was before he greyed out. Grey is simply a modifying gene that causes the base color of a horse to loose pigment and become white with age, it's not an actual color itself.

That said the foal would likely inherit one copy of the cream gene from the palomino dam, so would likely be some kind of dilute color and depending on the stallions grey status either heterozygous or homozygous he would have a 50% to 100% chance of going grey.

This occurs when progesterone levels drop and oxytocin levels increase. The mare

is close to foaling or close to a late term abortion depending on the reason for the

hormone changes.

Instances of prolonged dripping or squirting of milk can result in colostrum loss and

owners should attempt to collect and refridgerate if possible...or locate an additional

source of colostrum for the foal if there is a significant loss. (system logged me off mid entry)