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Posted on Tuesday, April 02, 2002 - 11:54 pm:

We are introducing a 4 year old quarter horse stallion this year. He bred two mares in early February but they did not catch. One was a 3 year old maiden mare and the other a 14 year old maiden mare (bred again in March-didn't catch then either). Both mares were given a clean uterine exam. Granted, breeding maiden mares may not be a good measure to use and it may have been too early in the breeding season, but we're concerned over his fertility. We are currently waiting to see if two proven producing mares have caught in foal. We have heard conflicting views that it takes time for a stallion to produce viable sperm (spermogenesis - about 60 days) and then again some opinions stating only a few days. Our vet isn't worried about his fertility and says it may take a few mares to get things going. We breed by live cover, breeding every other day beginning at onset of heat and daily at standing heat since we don't want to chance missing ovulation. We have not been trained to palpate and don't have access to a sonogram unless the vet makes a farm visit. Our stallion has no problem mounting or ejaculating. We breed during the evening since it fits in with our work schedule and mares are said to ovulate during the 4pm-8am time frame. The mares are also more relaxed during the evening. We plan to ultrasound these two mares around 20 days if no heat is present. It's a long sleepless wait. Does anyone have any guidance, suggestions, advice, etc?

Kim

Posted on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 04:03 pm:

The day light hours are not long enough for mares to produce good follicles until after March first....usually later. Dont blame the colt! Also....sperm lasts the 24 hours between breedings, there is no need to breed more often. Ideally you want the sperm from a previous breeding to be "in position" awaiting ovulation. Hadnt heard about ovulating between 4 & 8...has anyone else? Kim

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