This message is from: Kathleen Spiegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jean Ernest wrote:
> This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Well, the idea fascinates me, also, as I also have a biology background. > . > > etc.) the synchronization of the recipient mare's estrous cycle with the > donor mare's, plus all the procedures necessary to retrieve the embryo (In > the blastula stage I beleive), plus placing it in the recipient mare's > uterus would seem much too involved to warrant it. > > Or importing an embryo, rather than a grown horse from another country > might also be a good reason to do embryo transplants! > > Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska, thankful for the lack of forest fires, but > darned sick of all this rain. > ************************************************************ > Jean Ernest > Fairbanks, Alaska > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] After I replied the first time it struck me that the two mules I have are from the same mother as the TB/QH I talked about and their temperament is totally different from either their half sister or their mother, so it would be interesting to see if Fjords are the same way. Yes, this experiment would be mainly to help someone work the bugs out, but if it worked, then I have the added bonus of a second foal the first year from the mare I have, but obviously at no savings in expense since I would assume two breed fees and similar mare care. You are right about commercial expense. Folks who do this usually have a whole herd of young recip mares, several of them synchronized to the donor mare. I do have two mares though that I would not breed again for myself. Send me the rain -we are entering history making drought in our little corner of Idaho with the fires to go with it. In my drive to work I pass at least five burned out areas that have not only blackened the hillsides but burned homes. Kathy in southern Idaho
