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Advantages and Disadvantages of AI in Thoroughbred Breeding

This article explores the benefits and drawbacks of artificial insemination (AI) in the thoroughbred industry, authored by Alezhia, Nicole, and Samii. Advantages include improved disease control, reduced injury risk, and the ability to evaluate seminal quality. AI allows for optimal breeding timing and enables the use of mares and stallions with reproductive issues. However, high costs, the potential for human error, and challenges with semen transport present disadvantages. Additionally, the Thoroughbred stud book's opposition to AI raises concerns about over-reliance on specific bloodlines.

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Advantages and Disadvantages of AI in Thoroughbred Breeding

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  1. AI in the thoroughbred industry Advantages and Disadvantages Alezhia, Nicole and Samii

  2. Advantages • Permits disease control • Reduces the possibility of injury to the mare and/or stallion • Permits use of stallions which have developed poor breeding habits or have been injured. • Permits evaluation of semen at each collection and immediate recognition of minor changes in seminal quality • Aid in identification of reproductive problems • Prevents overuse of a stallion, particularly early in the breeding season, and enables mares to be bred at the most opportune time for maximum chance of reproduction • Permits breeding of abnormal mares which could not be used in natural service • Permits more effective use of older, more valuable stallions

  3. Disadvantages • Technology involved in quite expensive • Room for human error • When receiving semen from another state or country, the timing becomes even more imperative, as it needs to arrive within the correct time frame to thaw out and place in the mare • The Thoroughbred stud book strongly opposes AI, for fear that the breed may be harmed by over use of certain bloodlines

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