Thus compulsory radiological pre-breeding examination of stallions or mares possible grade of OUC should be of a low priority.
Body size score (height + chest circumference at withers) of 100 horses, from both Sweden and Norway, was either measured by us using stick and tape at the second examination or, in some cases, taken from official pre-breeding examination data using same methods [ 20].
Body size score (height + chest circumference at withers) of 100 horses, over 3-years-old, from both Sweden and Norway, was either measured by us using stick and tape or taken from official pre-breeding examination data using same methods [ 14].
The mean duration of the clinical, ultrasound and breeding soundness examinations was 45 minutes (range 30 – 70 minutes).
Electroejaculation is a reliable method of obtaining a semen sample for a bull breeding soundness examination, but is sometimes regarded as painful.
However, according to [ 54], stallions which have passed the breeding health examination hardly ever are truly "poor freezers".
Throughout the study, bulls, which had passed a breeding soundness examination, were kept with each herd at a female:male ratio below 40 1.
In terms of cacao breeding, an examination of the differences between these accessions may identify alleles specific for particular traits of interest.
However, gross morphological classification of the sperm in order to assess male fertility can be used as a practical screening tool and is already a part of the breeding soundness examination (BSE) that is used in Thailand for all domestic species, including horses [ 4].
The time taken to conduct the clinical, breeding soundness and ultrasound examination was recorded.
Clinical examinations for breeding soundness evaluation were carried out in 897 Rasa Aragonesa (RA) rams from 35 flocks in North-Eastern (NE) Spain.
