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<blockquote data-quote="Wren" data-source="post: 81571" data-attributes="member: 982"><p>R ^ 5 -</p><p>Be nice now.</p><p></p><p>TxCoUnTrYbOy -</p><p>I don't have much experiance with bulls but I assume that it is the same will all animals that you collect on. Not collecting will not cause any damage. Nor will the bull not "relieving" himself cause any damage. If it does then it is a bad bull with bad semen. Male animals produce semen all of thier life and they store it. Thus the need for the testicles. After a while if the semen does not get used it dies and gets reabsorbed into the body. </p><p></p><p>My suggestion is if you are going to collect on this bull after a long layoff is to collect him a few times before having the semen evaluated and shipped. I would not expect any animal that has been on a long breeding layoff to have a good semen eval. You need to get everything flowing again. With horses I collect on day. Give them a day or two off then collect again. Give them another day off and the collect and evaluate. </p><p></p><p>If you have an animal that can come off a long layoff that you can collect and get a good eval on right off the bat then that is a very good and fertile bull. If you do pasture breeding then just turn the bull out with the cows and he will get flowing good again on his own with any intervention. </p><p>I know horses that go 6 or 7 years without breeding and they pick it up again and do fine. I assume it would be the same in most animals. </p><p>I hope this awnsers your questions. If you have any more and I can help I would love to. I am by no means a reproductive specialist but I do a lot with horses and have a couple of friend that are good AI techs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wren, post: 81571, member: 982"] R ^ 5 - Be nice now. TxCoUnTrYbOy - I don't have much experiance with bulls but I assume that it is the same will all animals that you collect on. Not collecting will not cause any damage. Nor will the bull not "relieving" himself cause any damage. If it does then it is a bad bull with bad semen. Male animals produce semen all of thier life and they store it. Thus the need for the testicles. After a while if the semen does not get used it dies and gets reabsorbed into the body. My suggestion is if you are going to collect on this bull after a long layoff is to collect him a few times before having the semen evaluated and shipped. I would not expect any animal that has been on a long breeding layoff to have a good semen eval. You need to get everything flowing again. With horses I collect on day. Give them a day or two off then collect again. Give them another day off and the collect and evaluate. If you have an animal that can come off a long layoff that you can collect and get a good eval on right off the bat then that is a very good and fertile bull. If you do pasture breeding then just turn the bull out with the cows and he will get flowing good again on his own with any intervention. I know horses that go 6 or 7 years without breeding and they pick it up again and do fine. I assume it would be the same in most animals. I hope this awnsers your questions. If you have any more and I can help I would love to. I am by no means a reproductive specialist but I do a lot with horses and have a couple of friend that are good AI techs. [/QUOTE]
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