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    Re: [RC] Mustangs - Charles


    Is there any way to give them the caterpillars they had in Kentucky?
    
    Charles
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "Zephyr Arabians" <z_arabs@xxxxxxxxx>
    To: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:39 PM
    Subject: Re: [RC] Mustangs
    
    
    > 
    > --- oddfarm <jsalas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
    > > I still don't understand how we can gather herds,
    > > test for EIA and WNV, file feet, vaccinate and worm,
    > > but you say that birth control hasn't worked? Why
    > > the heck not?? If we can hold them to draw blood and
    > > give a shot, it would be just as easy to do a quick
    > > slice.  OUCH! Why would any one waste money on the
    > > "patch" for the mares? I don't get that one. 
    > 
    > It only takes ONE stallion per herd to get all the
    > mares pregnant.  Gelding would make little to no
    > difference in the number of foals produced.  It
    > basically has to be the mares that are sterilized,
    > whether temporarily or permanently. 
    > 
    > Actually, I think another option might be to give some
    > of the lead stallions a "vasectomy" type operation. 
    > Let them continue to breed but not sire any foals. 
    > Not sure what that would do to the herds though.  Just
    > as the "imported" stallions didn't survive.  Would
    > this sort of thing just eliminate the strongest
    > stallions, and actually damage the herds?  I don't
    > know.  Just theorizing off the top of my head. :)
    > 
    > ~Nicole
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