How to Collect Stallion Sperm

Breeding horses is an art that has been practiced for thousands of years. In the past thirty years, artificial insemination has become a more popular choice for large breeding farms, where a stallion may have to cover a large number of mares or a mare may be located far from the stallion. By collecting the stallion's semen and then shipping it to the mare, you can produce foals that otherwise would be impossible to produce.

Things You'll Need

  • Water-based sexual lubricant
  • Collection sleeve
  • Artificial vagina
  • Boot
  • Collection bottle
  • Tease mare or breeding dummy
  • Three people
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Instructions

  1. How to Collect Stallion Sperm

    • 1

      Prepare your artificial vagina with heated water and a lubricated collection sleeve inserted inside it. Attach the collection bottle to the end of the artificial vagina.

    • 2

      Bring in your tease mare if you have one, and station her where the stallion will be collected. If this mare is to be mounted by the stallion, she needs to be in good, standing heat, or someone could get badly hurt. Have your assistant handle this mare.

    • 3

      Halter your stallion, and lead him toward the breeding area. A second handler who is experienced with your stallion will take the lead as he gets closer to the mare or the breeding dummy.

    • 4

      Hand off your stallion to the second handler, and get the artificial vagina and prepare to collect the stallion.

    • 5

      When the stallion becomes erect and mounts the mare or the dummy, it is critical to take hold of the penis and guide it into the artificial vagina. Allow the stallion to thrust into the artificial vagina just as he would a natural mare.

    • 6

      Hold the artificial vagina firmly, and allow the stallion to "seat" himself against the end of it, just as he would against the cervix of a live mare. This will encourage him to ejaculate fully.

    • 7

      When the stallion ejaculates, allow him to pull out of the artificial vagina in his own time, and then take care to tip the artificial vagina so that the semen empties into the collection bottle. Your semen is now ready to be reviewed and shipped to the recipient mares.