Last Updated on March 26, 2022 by Allison Price
The number of sperm a horse produces in a lifetime is in the billions and billions. While a stallion is a male horse, it can produce around four billion sperms per hour to fertilize an egg. You will most likely find one sperm that successfully fertilizes the egg. In rare cases, however, you may find none.
Important importance of insemination
Many breeders will ask you if your mare’s fertility is affected by the amount of semen that was directly deposited to it. The mare is naturally deposited the entire ejaculate when the mare and the stallion mate. The average semen volume is around 50 ml, with many billions of sperms included. Artificial insemination can be used to breed mares. The semen volume is as low as half a ml. A horse can produce approximately eight billion sperms when fully grown. This is based on a semen quantity of 80 ml at a concentration of one hundred million sperms/ml. Or, it could produce a semen volum of 20 ml at a concentration of four hundred millions sperms/ml.
If your stallion is in good health and your sperm count are high, you should be able to tell that the volume of the ejaculate is not important. People recommend both horse and bull semen.
Semen collection
Semen is often taken from stallions as part of the breeding soundness exams. It can also be used for artificial insemination. If semen is being collected for insemination, it is best to keep it cool and fresh before shipping to another location. The artificial vagina is the most popular method to obtain semen from stallion. The artificial vagina for stallions is the same as the one for larger bulls. If the ejaculate volume of the bull is large, a tube can be used instead of the collection bottle.
Semen is usually collected from male horses, or stallions, by using an estrous teaser mare or ovariectomized mare. This practice can pose a danger to the mare and the entire collection team. Because the mare may have been bred by the stallion. To protect your stallion, it is important to be able to hobble the mare to stop it from kicking.
If you don’t want to use teaser mares, you might consider the phantom mounted, which is very similar in appearance to an inanimate mare. It is easy to get about two to three stallions to mount correctly so that the sperms are easily collected with a phantom. If you plan to use the Phantom to collect sperms from your Stallion, you will need to be in a position that is close to the mare and estrous to stimulate and tease it. To ensure a successful semen collection, you should place the mare that is teasing the horse in a position where it can easily be aroused by the stallion.
You should always be able to protect yourself when you collect the semen from stallion. As you know, stallion are large, unpredictable, dangerous and aggressive. As you never know what the Stallion will do next, it is important to always wear your helmet. You should always protect yourself from the Stallion’s bites, kicks, and strikes. The majority of the semen collection tasks have been a success because horses are loyal to their masters.
Horse Sperm Costs Too Much
Yes, it is possible to pay a lot for healthy sperm from mature stallions. Many breeders are willing to pay a lot for horse semen. According to some research, the top horse semen sellers have more than 100 types of horses. They sell between eighty-three and seventy three thousand dollars per dose. Horse semen sells for around six thousand five hundred dollars.
Although horse sperms are also available in gallons, it is very expensive. One gallon of horsesperms costs around four million seven hundred thousands dollars. This is a very high price for most breeders. This is not the same as the price of horse semen. You can see how costly horse semen is, especially for mature and healthy stallions. Horse semen is typically collected in small tubes called straws and then separated into smaller tubes. One semen straw can cost around one thousand and two hundred dollars. It is still expensive for most breeders. They prefer to own stallions and ensure that they mature well.
Conclusion: How much Sperm Can a Horse Produce?
Your horse’s health should be maintained and your horse strong enough to conceive children. As we’ve already mentioned, a mature and healthy horse can produce between 25 and 100 ml of sperm each day. This is equivalent to a few tablespoons of horse serum each day. This number can vary depending on the horse’s health, age and breed. Old stories claim that horses can produce thousands of gallons of semen. This is false. This is false. A stallion cannot produce more than 100 ml per day, and only a few ml of that.