Horse Reproduction – An Introduction
The mating of a stallion and mare should be easy, right? It can be if you learn 1 secret - the necessity of observing the horses and recording these o…
Category: Reproduction
Horse Reproduction -Mare Cycles and Foal Delivery – a HorseTalk™ Webcast
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Horse Reproduction – Mating Behavior
The mating behavior of horses is based on one stallion per herd of mares. In addition, the mares start cycling with increasing daylight (spring) and …
Horse Reproduction – Stallion Testicles
The purpose of the testicles is to make and store sperm as they mature from infertile immature sperm formed in the testicle and move up the epididymis…
Horse Reproduction – The Estrous Cycle
The mare has a seasonally poly-estrous breeding cycle. It is seasonal because it occurs during increasing daylight (spring) and does not occur with d…
Foal Delivery – Red Sack Foal Delivery
The red sack foal delivery is really the premature separation of the foal's placenta from the lining of the uterus. This diminishes the flow of blood …
Foal Delivery – Elbow Lock
A normal foal delivery has both front hooves coming out of the birth canal with about 3 to 4 inches difference in the distance from the mare to the fo…