Breeding mares and stallions

Kriss2004 · 02-14-2006, 07:39 PM

What kind of cleansers do you use to wash your mare or stallion with before breeding? Do you just use a mild soap and water solution, or is the a mixture you buy?

Sandra-A1 · 02-14-2006, 10:43 PM

Clean warm water will do the job.....I would not use any detergents...it has been proven that "the continued use of soap or other cleansing agents may in fact prove detrimental because it removes the natural anti-bacterial flora." Also use cotton instead of a sponge and never put any cotton back in the bucket after it has touched the stallion or mare.

http://www.equine-reproduction.com/articles/prep.htm

Kriss2004 · 02-15-2006, 05:07 AM

thanks Sandra-A1, I will look into the link later today when I get back from work.

shell · 02-15-2006, 05:21 AM

Soap can kill sperm, so water only is what I have seen used.

TrueColoursFarm · 02-15-2006, 05:29 AM

and the other thing - as well as not using soap - ever - is that water is a spermicide as well, so after the stallon is washed, he is "patted" dry with paper towels to dry him off as much as possible before we collect him or Live Cover a mare

S.HorseWoman · 02-15-2006, 08:14 AM

So basically, you just use warm water and some cotton "wipes" (I am guessing those big, fluffly soft squares you can get in the make-up section maybe?) and just wipe him and her both down really good? And afterward dry with paper towels?

Most books, etc. I have read are very vague about how to clean, OR at a lot more complex. I did not realize soap could cause problems; makes sense, but never thought about it before. My former trainer uses mild Dawn to wash her studs and mares down for breeding.

TrueColoursFarm · 02-15-2006, 08:56 AM

We just buy paper towel in bulk - like those kinds you can get at COSCO or Sam's that they use for filling the dispensers up with - the individual sheets

And warm water

I will use something like Excalibur for a cleaning when he is not breeding, but the daily pre-breeding ritual is water only and then patted dry

Kriss2004 · 02-15-2006, 10:27 AM

hmm, well I learned something new!

Shell- thanks for adding that soap can act as a spermacide... I did not know that.

02-14-2006, 07:39 PM	#1
Kriss2004 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,405 Images: 595	Breeding mares and stallions What kind of cleansers do you use to wash your mare or stallion with before breeding? Do you just use a mild soap and water solution, or is the a mixture you buy?

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Sandra-A1 Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 8,511 Images: 234	Clean warm water will do the job.....I would not use any detergents...it has been proven that "the continued use of soap or other cleansing agents may in fact prove detrimental because it removes the natural anti-bacterial flora." Also use cotton instead of a sponge and never put any cotton back in the bucket after it has touched the stallion or mare. http://www.equine-reproduction.com/articles/prep.htm __________________ "It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." ~Dumbledore

02-15-2006, 05:21 AM	#4
shell Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The Great North West Posts: 8,967 Images: 344	Soap can kill sperm, so water only is what I have seen used. __________________ “Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, save a proud rider on so proud back.” -Shakespear Marshalltown, Iowa, it is against the law for a horse to eat a fire hydrant.

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S.HorseWoman Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Central FL, USA Posts: 1,764 Images: 14 Blog Entries: 1	So basically, you just use warm water and some cotton "wipes" (I am guessing those big, fluffly soft squares you can get in the make-up section maybe?) and just wipe him and her both down really good? And afterward dry with paper towels? Most books, etc. I have read are very vague about how to clean, OR at a lot more complex. I did not realize soap could cause problems; makes sense, but never thought about it before. My former trainer uses mild Dawn to wash her studs and mares down for breeding. __________________ Posie - not mine, but still in my heart.

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02-15-2006, 05:07 AM	#3
Kriss2004 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,405 Images: 595	thanks Sandra-A1, I will look into the link later today when I get back from work.

02-15-2006, 05:29 AM	#5
TrueColoursFarm Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wilsonville, Ontario, CANADA Posts: 1,726 Images: 3	and the other thing - as well as not using soap - ever - is that water is a spermicide as well, so after the stallon is washed, he is "patted" dry with paper towels to dry him off as much as possible before we collect him or Live Cover a mare

02-15-2006, 08:56 AM	#7
TrueColoursFarm Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wilsonville, Ontario, CANADA Posts: 1,726 Images: 3	We just buy paper towel in bulk - like those kinds you can get at COSCO or Sam's that they use for filling the dispensers up with - the individual sheets And warm water I will use something like Excalibur for a cleaning when he is not breeding, but the daily pre-breeding ritual is water only and then patted dry

02-15-2006, 10:27 AM	#8
Kriss2004 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,405 Images: 595	hmm, well I learned something new! Shell- thanks for adding that soap can act as a spermacide... I did not know that.