La Grande evening observer., May 16, 1913, Image 3

FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1913.
LA GRANDE EVENED OBSERVER.
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"IdENTIFlC HORSE BREEDING
(Continued from Wednesday)
When in communication with stal
lion arwf jack owners one would be
lieve that the per cent of foals was
anywhere from eighty to 100, but by
having the opportunity of confident
ially investigating a large number
of service record books, one, learns
conditions in a more authentic, way,
on the subject 'The low per cent of
foals in this country attracted my at
tention a great many years ago. I
sold a stallion to an individual under
a breeding guarantee and the. stallion
did not fill it. This surprised me
greatly for I had stood this horse the
year before. After I had investigat
ed this case I found from the service
record book that each time following
the breeding of a certain mare, sev
eral other mares failed to conceive.
This particular mare (as well as oth
ers of the same kind) was examined.
Since then I have been investigating
this matter a great deal farther and
have been able by means of a culture
secured from a " diseased mare, : to
produce disease in a clean,' healthy,
productive dam to the extent thai she
would not fertilize during that var,
under any condition. In the'. opriti
df 1950 I reso.ved to carry this mi1::
ter on from scientific standpoint
and learn more about it. I employ
ed several cVrert veterinarians io
assist me in the examination of oyer
a thousand barren, , mares. Among
those were Dr.- S. L. StewaVt of the
Kansas City Veterinary college, who
was the successful investiga xr in
finding the particular germ that is
the evil so of a great many ma'-e.i e
ing ia'rren. These germs wore in
jected into a clean, healthy mare and
examination.' showed ,. the , condition
this infection produces. This work was
carried on with many subjects (mares
and other animals) producing the
identical symptoms in. -each case and
in each animal dissected the same
germs were found. All of these ani
mals were previously healthy in the
genital tract so far as could be di
agnosed. ;' '';' ' '
,It is very interesting, indeed,, to
inspect a clean, healthy mare, using
light," to diagnose the condition at
the" time .of infection and., then to
notice the great change that has
taken place in the genital tract in
five days. ' The investigation along
this line was carried on under the
supervision of , Dr. A; T. Kinsley,, one
of the best bacteriologists in the
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world. A statement of this .investi
gation has been sent to' nearly every
graduate veterinarian in .the United
States and accepted so far without
any Questions'. The results-of this
investigation ate probably the most j
important secured in all hurse
breeding history. -)' '
A stallion, may serve a diseased
mare containing these germs and
transmit that infection . to clean,
healthy mares aa long as two to four.
days after copulation. It does not
seem to affect the penis of a stallion
or jack, as in other cases of venereal
diseeases. This is probably ' the rea
son that this subject was nevoi in
vestigated. The first thought is that
the penis of a stallion may be wash
ed to 'prevent conveying infection to
other mares. This is impossible, '.as
a rule, fpr the glans penis is expand-'
ed during the act of copulation and
usually wrinkles soon after ejacula
tion to the extent that it conveys
enough infection to ' be 1 3erious.
There is a small place on the penis
(fossi) where the bean forms that
is impossible to clean without an in
strument to inject fluid into; it a a
cleanser. This is a serious condlv.on
and the only remedy, at the present
time is for the stallion and jack own
ers to reject all suspicious mares
and not breed them with natural ser
vice at Kst. Tvery up-to-datS stal
lion '.or jack cw:Ter should be ab'e to
diagnose cn-lain conditions. .W4 hts
sorry to say tiu the stallion, or k
owners know Sss about their busi
ness than any other" professional
class of men- horse breeding is a
profession now days. Manyf a stal
lion and jack owner .is spreading in
fectious disease among the mares,
that means a great loss to his com
munity, as well as to himself finan
cially. Stallion owners who are cap
able of making certain examinations
with a. view of refusing to serve dis
eased mares with a natural,, service,
can usually increase their per cent
of foals' from twenty to thirty per
cent. i - ,
The movement to make stallioners
realize the necessity of this informa
tion must first start with mare own
ers.' If they demand more intelli
gence in their horse breeding opera
tions a great change will take place,
The stallion or jack owner's business
has been a "side line" too long. It
must assume the position of a re&
ognized profession before any great
results in this line can be accom
plished. A lot of stallions are being
ridden throughout the country that
have no value as producers, yet they
are patronized extensively because
they are convenient. I have seen
the owner of a valuable mare refuse
to patronize an excellent sire within
two miles of his own place because
a little mongrel would be brought to
his barn yard without any inconven
ience to him. It is this stock that
prevents the purchase and use , of
valuable sires all over this country.
If mare owners would study this sit-,
nation and realize that celts sired by
little misfit ' mongrels - would .be
necessarily produced at a loss, they
certainly would pay , more attention
to the . selection of good sires.
(To Be Continued.) ,
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