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arabiantouch
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 Posted - 03 Apr 2008 : 3:56:45 PM
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I just wondered if any one had ET'd one of their mares and if the sucess rate was high, i have read a few articles and they all say the succes rate is low and that the surrogate mare should be similar to that of the donor.
i would to love to hear and feed back , good, bad or even ugly.
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louise,xxx
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s.jade
Platinum Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Apr 2008 : 4:04:23 PM
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Hiya
We've not done it yet but in the "maybe it's the best way" thinking stage 
Got a great broodmare (you know the one ) who's got a fab show record, but having been broken and going so well, I'm loathing the fact she'll have to stop working to be a mum!
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madmare
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England
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Posted - 03 Apr 2008 : 4:37:36 PM
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| I'm *hoping* to get a foal from Crystal by ET.....in the past year or so, ET success rates have increased dramatically....also means you aren't taking a mare out of work, or risking her if, like my girl, she's getting on a bit (wish someone would tell Crystal that though!)ET recipient mares are usually cobby types, chosen for temperament and easy foaling. |
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sammyd0380
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England
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Posted - 08 Apr 2008 : 9:21:46 PM
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| Haven't done it yet, but know someone who is about to do it on their mare. Think rates are pretty high now, and of course, the mare can keep on competing. |
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Sundance
Racing Moderator
England
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Posted - 09 Apr 2008 : 9:18:39 PM
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Am planning on doing it in a couple of years with a mare who has very rare bloodlines but is unlikely to ever be a broodmare (rejected at birth by dam and research suggests an insecure mother will produce the same). Depends how said filly performs on the racetrack in the next few years, after which she will become my endurance horse.
Sammyd - bet you canīt guess which horse I am talking about?
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s.jade
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 09 Apr 2008 : 9:30:38 PM
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Paul - we thought the same about my girl, Pee. Now due foal 3 and the best damn mum we ever had 
Sorry to go off topic....Louise you have email (I hope!) xx |
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templars
Platinum Member
England
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Posted - 09 Apr 2008 : 11:15:36 PM
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We've thought very carefully about it for the beautiful and talented Taragun and we've researched it quite a lot. Apparently you need 2 "receiver" mares. All 3 mares are then set to cycle together but slightly staggered. The biological mother comes in season first and covered. One recipient mare is about 5 days behind and the other a couple of days behind that (think I've got the timings right). Apparently the trickiest part is finding the embryo as it's flushed out of the biological mother. The implanting is supposed to be straightforward.
We've spoken to a couple of the centres offering ET and they say conception rates are fairly good but it's all dependent on the embryo spotter!
After much thought, we've decided against it this year. The main reason is that we have 2 other mares that we could use but it would mean 3 mares basically away from home and no guarantees. Apparently the ET centres can arrange recipient mares but then the cost goes sky high.
Our own vet is going to Australia to study the techniques used and when he returns we may well try it because we'll have everything we need on home turf so to speak - the stallion, the biological mare and the 2 recipient mares and the vet!!
Using our own mares and stallion and sending them away, the cost would be in the region of Ģ2,000. If you had to pay stud fee and use loaned recipient mares, I don't know what the cost would be.
Anyway, we decided that the lovely Taragun deserves to be a mum and nuzzle her own little foal because she's fallen totally in love with Malcolm. So, she's due to be covered later this year and then hopefully retire to become a "lady in waiting" before she resumes her performance career.
Keeping very quiet about the stallion we'll be using because we don't want to tempt fate!!!! But, the Olympics 2016 may well be beckoning............ |
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Pashon2001
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Posted - 10 Apr 2008 : 02:17:23 AM
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| I'm going for embryo freezing with one of my mares. Apparently the conception rate is just as high and you only need to get one recipient mare ready for the embryo. Will let the world know once I have done it! |
     
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