Document Type

Other

Publication Date

7-1-2003

Keywords

reproductive assessment, horses, breeding season, animal health

Extension Number

ExEx 2038

Department

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Description

PLANNING FOR NEXT SEASON In late summer, the large majority of breeding is completed for the year and if things have gone as planned, the mares have settled. This is a good time to begin planning for the next season in order to avoid the full schedule of a breeding season in progress. Early attention to the animals’ individual health can cause next year’s breeding season to be successful with less cost and frustration when spring comes again. A mare’s normal, biological breeding season starts in mid-April and often extends through October. But most breeding activity is completed in July, making late summer a good time for examination. Record keeping, conception rates and, more specifically, horses that are not exhibiting peak reproductive performance – both mares and stallions – should be examined.

Comments

July 2003.

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