I can't even share the offspring if I wanted to because the parents (and a third one) were exposed to myco. The third horse died and we sent it in for a necropsy, as we do with all our horses that die, and their was no myco found. But still... ya never know....
I put that info up there because sometimes when I post their pics peeps ask for some of their fry to try and raise themselves. Under normal circumstances I would love to share the genes.
It's why you have to pick your breeders carefully. Understand what they have going on over there... look around for history of their horses. Check around in the emergency forum on different seahorse sites and see if they were ever in there, what is was for and what they did about it.
But even that can't protect you when buying from a home breeder. I got some fry from a very good friend that were shipped immediately upon birth from her CB horse. None of her horses were sick. The horse was from a reputable breeder but was in contact with other horses not from the same breeder. As it turned out me and another guy who got fry from this source ended up raising horses to adulthood to find out they had myco. We were suspecting the parents but neither of them have been sick. She has sinced stopped passing out her fry. We don't kinow for sure but we can't take the chance. With the boys in the pic we tested about 100 of their offspring and nothing was found. I send everything off that dies around here for a necropsy just to add to the data base of info.
..... where was I going with this?
LOL... just know who you are buying from. Buying from the LFS opens up a whole different can of worms, but if you are buying from a home breeder, just get all the info you can on them.
HOWEVER, the idea of passing along disease is not "sweet" either. I just think it's important to have a policy of full disclosure and complete control over a breeding program. Regardless of what you are breeding.
Rob can attest to this as it pertains to dogs too. I've been there as well. The breed that I own, Australian Shepherds have some real "issues" as it pertains to the crossing of merles and other genetic related complications. Other 'big breeds' can have hip problems. Most can have eye issues. All in all... no problem, if identified and/or disclosed. However, when aspiring to keep breeds and lineage "clean", you can see how someone's intent to hide 'issues' can be detrimental!
I feel that this is even more important to keep in mind when talking about species that are in danger of falling populations, listed on CITES etc. It just makes sense.
When I was in college I worked at the OSU Vet School. One of the worst things I ever saw there was a guy who had brought in his pair of Standard Poodles for artificial insemination. I love these dogs, they are really smart and generally have a "big dog" personality. Anyhow the reason that the owner wanted to do AI was that the male couldn't get a tie because every time he got close he had a SEIZURE! Now how about passing that on down? I guess the owner missed the part about responsible and went straight to breeding!
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