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Location: GODS country | Last year our mare would not stick getting bred via AI, however, we live covered her and she got bred. She is 20 and had a few years off from breeding....is this normal that one would not stick via AI after having some time off?? She was clean and clear. This was, however, her first time ever attempting to be bred via AI it had always been live cover.
Question is would you risk trying to AI her again this year? |
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Location: Kansas | me personally......no. |
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Location: SE KS | I too have an older mare that has always been live cover & we AI'd this year, she took, but has aborted, so I want to hear thoughts on this!!! |
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Location: Kentucky | I would culture her, and if she comes back clean, I would try AI again. I like the stallion options, safety, and ease of use for AI. You just have to make sure you have a really good Repro vet to help you out.
I cultured my 20 year old and will be breeding her via AI in ths Spring. She was last bred when was a 4 year old, and I'm betting it was live cover. We'll see. |
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Location: Texas | Live cover is always more successful than AI. Mother nature knows best. |
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Location: GODS country | Fun2Run - 2017-01-11 11:45 AM
Live cover is always more successful than AI. Mother nature knows best.
The stallion I want to use is just too far away! |
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Location: GODS country | Murphy - 2017-01-11 11:03 AM
I would culture her, and if she comes back clean, I would try AI again. I like the stallion options, safety, and ease of use for AI. You just have to make sure you have a really good Repro vet to help you out.
I cultured my 20 year old and will be breeding her via AI in ths Spring. She was last bred when was a 4 year old, and I'm betting it was live cover. We'll see.
She was cultured last Spring and was clean, but still wouldn't take until we tried live cover. |
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Location: Kentucky | ecranch - 2017-01-11 12:52 PM Murphy - 2017-01-11 11:03 AM I would culture her, and if she comes back clean, I would try AI again. I like the stallion options, safety, and ease of use for AI. You just have to make sure you have a really good Repro vet to help you out.
I cultured my 20 year old and will be breeding her via AI in ths Spring. She was last bred when was a 4 year old, and I'm betting it was live cover. We'll see. She was cultured last Spring and was clean, but still wouldn't take until we tried live cover.
Did the vet check semen quality? Some times things just don't work out either. I had a mare last year that was checked clean, cycled perfectly, and we inseminated on a big follicle. She didn't take. Crap happens. |
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Location: California | Did you live cover with the same stallion you were getting the semen from to AI? If not its possible it was just that stud. I've seen some mares never be able to settle with a particular stallion but have no issues with any others they are bred to. |
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Location: GODS country | Vet did not check the semen. It was a pretty well known stallion and I don't think he has had any issues. Lots of people posting their babies by him! =)
AI stud and live cover stud were different.
I just didn't know if her age played a factor or not having babies for a few years made a difference.
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Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | ecranch - 2017-01-11 1:50 PM Vet did not check the semen. It was a pretty well known stallion and I don't think he has had any issues. Lots of people posting their babies by him! =) AI stud and live cover stud were different. I just didn't know if her age played a factor or not having babies for a few years made a difference.
Everything plays a factor with breeding, lol. Look at them the wrong way and they won't take.
I also bred to a well-known stud with many babies on the ground. Sometimes it's a busy day with lots of mares to breed, so the semen gets split up, you only get one dose, it's in the air too long, doesn't make it to the vet's in time, etc., etc. |
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| Sometimes the extender plays a factor as well, mares like some stallions the brand/type of extender makes a difference. I would also suggest that if you go the AI route again, find a repo vet that breeds a lot of mares and do deep horn insemination to improve you chances of settling the mare. I would also check progestrone levels once confirmed infoal. Could be something as easy as regumate for 30-60 days to make sure you have a healthy pregnancy. |
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Location: GODS country | Thanks for all of the info! It is a Lad Leo daughter and we would love to have 1 last foal out of a great barrel stud! |
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Location: Nebraska | I would make sure I had a really good vet. It makes a huge difference! |
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