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10 Steps for Successful Live Cover
Promote safe and successful live cover breeding with careful preparation and attention to safety.
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Building a Horse Breeding Shed
Before you open a horse breeding operation, carefully consider the facilities and equipment required.
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Building a Horse Breeding Shed
December 01, 2010
Before you open a horse breeding operation, carefully consider the facilities and equipment required.... Read More
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10 Steps for Successful Artificial Insemination for Horses
December 01, 2010
Artificial insemination (AI) is today's breeding standard for many types of horses. To find out how to make our readers' artificial insemination programs more successful, The Horse went to two recognized experts in equine artificial insemination... Read More
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10 Steps for Successful Live Cover
December 01, 2010
Promote safe and successful live cover breeding with careful preparation and attention to safety.... Read More
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The Business of Breeding
November 01, 2007
Breeding in the horse world breaks down into a few categories: field breeding (where the horses just do what comes naturally) live cover in a breeding shed, and artificial insemination. The tools of the trade range from very basic to high-tech ... Read More
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A Day in the Life of A Breeding Farm
June 13, 2005
A world away from hitting the finish line of a classic race in front of tens of thousands of screaming fans, the dream is reborn. In the quiet of a gray winter morning, when the earth throws its warmth off into the cold air and... Read More
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Great Britain Revises Codes on Infectious Diseases
December 11, 2003
Britain's Horserace Betting Levy Board has extensively changed its codes of practice regarding the infectious diseases contagious equine metritis (CEM), equine herpesvirus (EHV),and equine viral arteritis (EVA), which can severely disrupt... Read More
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Purchase, Design, and Management of the Farm
August 20, 2003
So you want to have your own horse farm. Should you build or buy? Hire a real estate agent or go out looking on your own? What about once you've acquired a facility--how do you manage the soil, fencing, employees, security, and manure? Four... Read More
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Breeding Dummy Design
April 01, 2002
We have a Quarter Horse stallion that we will be starting in a shipped semen program this year. All of us--the stallion, our veterinarian, and our farm personnel--are new at collecting semen. We are in the planning stages for our breeding... Read More
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Ground vs. Breeding Mount Semen Collection
April 01, 2002
We have show pony breeding stallions, and as of last year are doing almost all shipped semen. This year we are seriously thinking about expanding our business to offer semen collection and shipping services for outside stallions, which will... Read More
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Restraint Techniques for Breeding
October 08, 2001
When a mare and a stallion meet, love might be in the air...but there's the potential for danger, too. Particularly when humans get in the middle of it all. In our efforts to orchestrate the best possible combinations of... Read More
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Breeding Facilities
October 03, 2001
Any way you look at it, building a barn is a major undertaking. Doing it right the first time, to avoid headaches later, is the smart approach. In addition to the usual considerations of location, aesthetics, cost, and... Read More
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Stallion Libido
March 01, 2001
I have a breeding problem with my 13-year-old Quarter Horse stallion. He has tremendous bloodlines. He has four or five foals on the ground, so I know that he is not infertile. But recently I leased him to a friend out of state to use. He... Read More
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Ready To Assemble: Barns, Stalls, And Run-In Sheds
February 01, 2001
For those who have the time, inclination, and the ability to follow instructions, assembling a run-in shed, stall, or a barn from a mail-order kit might be a 21st Century option. These do-it-yourself kits can yield impressive savings... Read More
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AI Training For Stallions
February 01, 2001
Given the choice, a stallion wouldn't choose to mate with man-made devices. His instincts drive him to breed a mare; yet he can learn to transfer his sexual focus to a "phantom" mare and an artificial vagina (AV). In order to train a stallion fo... Read More
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Stallion Libido
Q. I have a breeding problem with my 13-year-old Quarter Horse stallion. He has tremendous bloodlines. He has four or five foals on the ground, so I know that he is not infertile. But recently I leased him to a friend out of state to use. He covered five mares while he was there, but was not an eager breeder. I have him home now, and he is showing little or no signs of libido with my mare,
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