Restraint of mares for mating

A more's reaction to on approaching stallion may be unknown which increases the likelihood of stallion injury during semen collection. The death of a stallion who got a kick on the erected penis by a more whose feet were only provided with felt shoes, gives vs reason to warn against this kind of pre caution. Mores should be physically restrained before the stallion is allow ed to mount. By our experience ropes, eventually combined with the use of a twitch, join more security with less risk. Rarely a sedation is needed. Treatment of traumatic conditions of the penis should begin as early as pos sible and ore initially targeted at hemorrhoge control. Conservative therap y is usually sufficient for the problem but if a penile hematoma continues to enlarge surgical intervention may be necessasy.