Re: Breeding theories (was *Muscat)

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/13/99 8:54:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, gesaeqfx@pe.net 
writes:

<<   I wonder if the  health of the geriatric animal  over their
 lifetime as well as in the present, would have anything to do with it?>>]

Apparently not.

<< I learned something interesting about stallions fairly recently(took up 
A.I.
 and shipping semen)   A stallion that is worked fairly hard on a regular
 basis will actually have his semen count drop.  >>

Has to do with increased body temperature.  It usually does not affect 
fertility enough to impact the level of breeding done by most working 
stallions.  Not a concern, anyway, unless a stallion has very marginal 
fertility to begin with.

Heidi


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