HELP! I have an 8 year old Tk. Stallion who produces a huge volume of gel when he ejaculates. Does not matter if we tease him quickly or tease him for a while. He is the first one to the shed, so he does not sit in his stall thinking about what is going on down there. Is there any thig I can do to reduce the volume of gel? It is disgusting....I'd say about 40cc's at least everytime we collect him. I have to be careful what filter I use, some do not strain it very well. Any help woud be great!!!!
Jos Posted From: 158.252.210.182
Posted on Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 02:38 am:
There is really nothing much you can do to reduce the gel amount. It tends to be higher in quantity at this time of the year (the height of the breeding season). You can try with a slightly cooler AV, which may help, but that may also prevent him from ejaculating completely!
On the bright side, 40 ml is not a lot of gel - I have seen as much as 350 ml in a single ejaculate!
The best filter that we have found for stallions with a lot of gel are the Next Generation® Max-Flow™ Semen Gel Filters. These are a fine filter that will not clog such as the ARS filters will (the ones that are used with the ARS Colorado AV kit).
Another useful point with high gel stallions is to not use the filter "in line", but rather filter the ejaculate in the lab after collection.
In my experience, 40ccs isn't an inordinate amount of gel unless you are getting really low-volume overall, like 80ccs total or 50% gel. Most of our guys will give an average of 50ccs of gel with 130ccs or so non-gel volume during peak of the breeding season.
I've heard it said that a truly happy stallion will give less gel than one who is a bit more worked up and perhaps insecure, but I don't know of I agree with that based on our experience. I will say that our boys who are collected daily do seem to give less gel as as percentage of total ejaculate than stallions who are collected only sporadically.
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