MBG 4020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Foal, Dust Bathing, Farrier

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Molecular Biology and Genetics
• Course: MBG 4020
• Professor: Andy Robinson

Document Summary

Mule = mule is m, horse is f. Importation to us in 1929 3 jennies and a jack. Population has a very narrow base (additional importation sporadically) Male = jack or gelding (jack foal) (no equivalent to a colt) Female = jenny or jennet (jenny foal) (no equivalent to a filly) Most have dorsal or shoulder stripe (donkey cross) almost never see a donkey with a solid colour face. Predator protection for small livestock (personality, gender, ratio, size) Will attack predators, pissed off by predators presence can be quite nasty. Coyote protection for sheep standard jenny. Farm tax status municipal taxes are much less. Know the biology of your species going to affect the breeding. Gestation 12 +/- 1 month (varies greatly) (single birth species, seasonal breeders . Nutrition more like goat than a horse little signs of estrus through the winter) *generally gestation time is linked to the embryo of the species.