Use of manual stimulation for collection of semen from an atactic stallion unable to mount

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1991 Sep 15;199(6):753-4.

Abstract

A 9-year-old atactic breeding stallion was trained to ejaculate, with only manual stimulation, while standing on the ground. Ejaculates obtained yielded fertile semen with morphologic and motility characteristics within the range for normal stallions. This method extended the breeding life of a stallion unable to mount a live or dummy mare or to ejaculate into an artificial vagina while standing on the ground.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ataxia / physiopathology
  • Ataxia / veterinary*
  • Breeding*
  • Ejaculation*
  • Fertility
  • Horse Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Horses
  • Insemination, Artificial / veterinary
  • Male
  • Semen / physiology
  • Specimen Handling / veterinary*