Considering Metabolic Syndrome Potential When Breeding Horses by Melodye Sweetin
Submitted by: Melodye Sweetin
Phone: 804-639-3488
Email Address: MelodyeSweetin(at)gmail.com
Date Added: 5/15/2010
It's Spring, and many horse enthusiast's attention turns to the elusive art of breeding their perfect mare to the perfect stallion!!! How exciting.....the prospect of a perfect offspring overwhelms the usually realistic individual.........
The human condition generally dictates that it's impossible to learn from others' mistakes.....but when you are undertaking to create life where none would exist naturally I strongly encourage you to collect as much information as possible.
In the wild all species are subject to survival of the fittest. Our beloved horse has ascended the scale from wild animal to domesticated animal.( a questionable ascension)
Numerous breed registries have attempted to calibrate their breed's requirements into individuals with more or less success.
Why are some efforts successful & some failures?
The answers often lie in the forerunners in their particular breed.
With personal experience breeding Warmblood horses for the last 20 years, and riding 3 & 4 year old horses for the most prestigious Warmblood breeding farm in the United States I am here to tell you that many of the problems current breeders are experiencing are coming from multiple previous generations management issues.
The research is complete & published regarding the human population: two generations of sedentary population consuming high carbohydrate diets lead to insulin resistance/ diabetes.
What does this mean to horses???? Most full bred horses come from very small gene pools. It has been a universally accepted concept for many years in all species that the smaller the gene pool the more prevalent the genetic disorder.
The variety of metabolic disorders emerging in young horses today range from Insulin Resistance to EPSM, polar opposites.)
I have seen a single Thoroughbred mare bred 3 times to the same "Approved" WB stallion throw three distinctly different foals, one sound enough to ride, & two, each with different metabolic issues rendering them unusable for any purpose.
The world is so full of unusable horses, PLEASE think twice before you breed your mare!!!! Would you be willing to raise & own the offspring for their natural life?? If not, please reconsider:)))
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