AI A Mare

[Bright Raven]

Should be plenty of Jacks standing at stud in Kentucky. Google search showed quite a few.

Thanks.

 

[pdfangus]

check with Anthony Macalister in Illinois.

he has been working with collecting donkeys and AI. He raises gaited mules and has two or three jacks.

Donkey semen does not freeze well so fresh semen is needed....

Might be just a easy to take the mare to the Jack.

 

[TexasBred]

Correct on the TB/ Jockey club thing. I suspect their reasoning is two-fold- 1. Limit who can use the genetics (and thus, how deep their pockets are), and 2. Avoid all of the problems that come with allowing those animals into the registry (kind of like the AQHA and their cloning fiasco).

As for getting AI work done on a mare, one just needs to find a local vet that knows what they are doing. The whole process is a bit more involved than cattle. We are lucky enough to have one of the very best equine vets in our region living right down the road. She is a master of equine repro at this point, and highly sought after. If a person can find one like her in middle of nowhere Wisconsin, I suspect they can be found elsewhere...

Thanks. I will check with my vet to get information on who might be doing equine AI in this area. My brother wants to breed his mare to a Jack. Bigfoot indicated that Jack semen is available. Might be more feasible than I thought.

Raven as cheap as "Jacks" are you can buy a live fully intact Jack for less than the cost of a straw of semen then set back and watch the show.

 

[wbvs58]

Ron, I did some searches on youtube and it seems the technique is still with the hand in the vagina guiding the catheter with the index finger, fairly simple technique actually but a lot of attention to sterility needed but the biggie is the timing, ultrasound is very much needed to monitor the follicle (6 hrly) to get it right.

Ken

 

[Bright Raven]

Ron, I did some searches on youtube and it seems the technique is still with the hand in the vagina guiding the catheter with the index finger, fairly simple technique actually but a lot of attention to sterility needed but the biggie is the timing, ultrasound is very much needed to monitor the follicle (6 hrly) to get it right.

Ken

Thanks Ken. I called him and he has an appointment set up with a vet in Cynthiana where they do a lot of equine vet service.

 

[wbvs58]

Ron, you brought this up at a good time as I was about to do some research on this myself as my daughter has a mare that she is thinking of putting in foal later in the year. Our next door neighbour's daughter has a good ultrasound that she does pregnancy scanning on cattle around the district so things might just work out OK for us.

Ken