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Foalmom

Posted on Sunday, Jul 6, 2003 - 5:49 pm:

New technologies such as embryo transfer and superovulation have caused me some concern. I am in the process of revamping our breeding contract to limit the number of foals produced by a mare in any given year. I have heard of people breeding several stallions to a mare in a single cycle and determining the father with DNA after the foal is born. Should this be allowed? What other concerns should I have? What other upcoming technologies should be considered?
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DrO

Posted on Wednesday, Jul 9, 2003 - 8:49 am:

I think the multiple stallion breeding sounds like a internet story, why would anyone want to do this? If we assume it is true then the question becomes how do you stop it? It seems to me that making sure each process (collection and shipping) in the breeding is fairly priced to cover costs and then revolving the nature of the breeding fee around getting ONE healthy foal short circuits any shannigans at least from a legal sense but catching them at it to enforce it may be the trick.

Yes with new technology it might be possible to reap multiple foals from a single mare and a single insemination. If you are interested in the new technologies we keep a file as we hear about the new stuff and though it contents could be found on a search we did not have a link to it. I have corrected that and you can now see what we are getting as new at, » Equine Reproduction » Breeding and Foaling » New Technologies in Equine Reproduction.
DrO
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Foalmom

Posted on Thursday, Jul 10, 2003 - 1:49 am:

That is what I am asking with my post. How do I catch them in a legal sense. I want to make sure that the stallion owners receive what is due to them, but I do want to be fair about it.

When using embryo transfer, it is conceivable that a mare owner can continue throughout the year to breed and collect babies. Our contract says that you can breed one mare that breeding year, but it does not stipulate how many babies can be born. I would think that the stallion owners would have a problem with someone getting 10 babies from one stud fee.

I don't see a problem with a mare owner buying several breedings (from the same stallion or from different stallions) and having several babies the next year with the use of embryo transfer. I do see a problem with superovulating a mare and breeding to several stallions during the same cycle (this is not an internet hoax, my vet did it for one client.) Even if a mare has only a single follicle, a breeder could theoreticlly do this. I want to be sure that my stallion gets a fair chance at getting her pregnant.

I have only recently heard of this practice with the advent of superovulation. I want to legally prevent this and other abuses that I have not heard of yet. I guess I was looking to hear what other abuses have been experienced or stories heard.
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