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Posted by patti1010 on October 02, 2002 at 14:43:23:
In Reply to: Re: Accidental breeding - need answers please? posted by PH Cody on October 01, 2002 at 08:09:53:
::My husband has been ill for the last 16 months. I have had help in caring for my horses on and off as we have had to go out of town for medical care. Apparently our 3 yr. old stud horse bred our mares one of those times. I was not made aware that he had gotten out and with the mares but it is obvious they are bred. The problem is that one mare is his full sister and one is his mother. They are about 6 months along I am guessing, so it is too late to terminate the pregnancy. Will there be abnormalities with the foals? I feel just awful that it happened. But I would like to be prepared for what may happen.
: :At 6 months along, its really way to late to safely terminate the pregnancy. But take heart, for as much as most people will say that inbreeding like this is bad, its not as bad as we used to joke about when I lived in Georgia and we took good natured teasing of our Alabama neighbors. Well, let me rephrase that, most of the time, unless its overdone, its not as bad as myth would have it - unless you have problems in your genetics. :In fact, though its not done AS MUCH anymore in horses (though it is still used in dogs quite a bit!), one of the best ways to test a stallions genetics is to breed him back to his daughters... :The straight forward fact about inbreeding of any kind is that you have two sets of genetics being passed on in ANY breeding, one from the sire, and one from the dam. With inbreeding, you greatly increase the numbers of those sets of genetics that are the same. This can be good or bad. If you have good genetics, you increase the chance of doubling those "great" genes. By the same token, if you have bad genetics, you increase the chance of doubling those genes also. For instance, many genetic diseases are carried as "recessive" genes, and don't show up unless they are doubled. Same with good things too though. :At this point, what is done is done. Go from here. Get your stud either gelded or sold if you feel you aren't going to be able to give him the full attention a stud needs on a farm full of mares. And have a vet check your mares, make sure they are indeed bred and give you an estimate on when they are due, then have him ready when they go into foal. Work on the premises that there could be a problem. If nothing else, Murphy's horse law will insure that if there can be a problem, especially if you don't have a vet there, there will be! :Best of luck! And don't worry, I will have Dr. T answer this and put in his two cents also :) :PH Cody :
:I am so sorry to hear of your husbands bad health, and hope that he is recovering/recovered. I know that makes everything else in life a lot more frustrating and even simple things can become very complicated when a family member is ill for a prolonged period of time. I also know how having even the most well intentioned help through periods such as this, can sometimes result in unintentional problems such as this one.
:(Not a vet!)
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