>>As for blood, I think someone told me they use >>horse blood to make certain anti venoms or something?? >>Janice-- >>yipie tie yie yo > > Horse and sheep blood is used to make rattlesnake antivenin.
Not in Iceland as we don´t have any snake´s or scorpions either the "Blood mare´s" has to be pregnant (that´s why we get lot´s of foals) and you put stallion to the herd in June and then in late august beginning of september you start to take blood from the mare´s that are pregnant they are after the hormon we produce when we (animals) are pregnant and you take 3-5 litre each time with a week between up to seven time´s each mare. people that are into breeding riding horses with high evaluated mare´s did try this on their mare´s but you have to have at least 20 mare´s that are on the same time in their pregnany to that it pay´s off for the veterinary to come out and take blood and then some folk´s talked about that they didn´t like it done to mare´s that are very valuble ect.ect. so most blood farmers have around 50-60 mare´s or more and it´s a lot of work with it in the autumn. and the foals are bi-product. onefarmer that i know do try to get 1 prize stallions on he´s trained mare´s and hopinng to sell the foals easier then butas the market is here you don´t sell all and the rest often end´s up in the slaughter house Regards Malin in Iceland
