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Artificial insemination of horses and jennets for horse, mule and jack-stock production^*

A Preliminary Report

Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station

Abstract

In 1936 a diversified project on horse, jack and mule breeding was started by the Animal Husbandry Department of the Mississippi Experiment Station. Since the spring of 1938 the study of artificial in-semination and related phases of the physiology of reproduction of mares and jennets became a vital part of this program, because it was believed that this study would be of value for the industry. The increasing demand for services from desirable jacks and stallions had induced many stallion and jack owners to over-use their animals, a practice that not only is detrimental to the males but also is partly the reason for the low percentage of pregnancies in the mares (10-25% in. many districts).

Some jack owners had attempted to prevent over-use of their animals by using artificial insemination, apparently very often without being sufficiently trained or equipped for this delicate work and without taking the necessary sanitary precautions to prevent spreading of diseases.

^* Contribution from the Department of Animal Husbandry, Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station, State College, Mississippi. Published with the approval of the Acting Director, Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station. Paper No. 5. New Series, November 9, 1938.