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Bookshop - Breeds and Breeding
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advice to the amateur breeder is don't - unless you're very sure
of what you're doing. But if - having read our advice here
you need to know more, you'll find a book to help you on this page.
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Modern
Horse Breeding
Susan
McBane
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Veterinary
Guide to Horse Breeding
James
R. Griffin, Kjersten
Darling
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From
Birth to Backing
Richard
Maxwell,
Johanna
Sharples
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horse breeders, but assumes that the reader will be fairly experienced
with horses in general. It gives advice on breeding for horse owners,
and also gives a detailed run-down of the foaling process, starting a
month beforehand.
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Owners
interested in breeding their own horses can gain up-to-date information
on all facets of the process. Includes such topics as choosing
the horses, when to breed, breeding methods, the management of pregnancy
and the neonatal foal, infertility and birth control. |
A book which instructs the horse
owner to get closer to her young horse and avoid problems in its later
life. The techniques shown break new ground in the training of young
horses, and most can be applied to the benefit of the older horse too |
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International
Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds
Bonnie
L. Hendricks |
Equine
Color Genetics
D.
Phillip Sponenberg |
Breeding
the Competition Horse
John
Rose, Sarah
Pilliner |
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| Provides information on the
history, colors, size, characteristics, and uses of more than one
hundred breeds, and describes the standard practices of horse breeding. |
Provides the most up-to-date
information, standard terminology and nomenclature associated with
horse colour genetics in a very clear, readable style. The four-colour
photographic illustrations are
crucial to understanding the subject. Sponenberg deftly
describes how the genetic mechanisms are organised to produce colours and patterns. |
This
is a practical guide for all those who want to produce a competition
horse. Provides a step-by-step guide to breeding a foal. The
increasingly common techniques of embryo transfer and artificial
insemination are explained and discussed. Includes young stock
production, including housing, feeding, marketing. |
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Encyclopedia
of the Horse
Elizabeth
Peplow (Editor)
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The
Book of Horses
Judith
Draper
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comprehensive guide which traces the development of the horse and its integration into early
societies; looks at how different countries developed their own breeds for particular working roles or riding
styles; and illustrates the recreational roles played by horses, from dressage and show jumping, to polo, rodeo and pony trekking.
It includes background information on its physical make up, nutritional needs, stabling and general management requirements, including a chapter on
saddlery. |
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A comprehensive round-up of the
world's main breeds. From the familiar thoroughbred or Shetland pony to
the less well-known Nonius or Caspian, each breed's entry comprises a
physical description and a history of its development. A
fascinating work from one of the UK's leading equestrian writers. |
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