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The Stallions stop inseminated this year has about 30 mares and 5 donkeys from 6 stallions from the tank Ecija

The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, today signed two collaboration agreements with the City of Lorca and the Regional Association of Breeders of Pure Race Horses to promote artificial insemination and genetic improvement of equine cabin.

Artificial Insemination Center, located on the premises of the Center for Integrated Agricultural Training and Experience (CIFE) of Lorca, has seeded this year about 30 mares and five stallions asses of 6 from the tank Stallions Ecija, under the Ministry of Defense, of which three were Spanish Purebred a Purebred Arabians, Andalusian-Donkey and Horse Sport Spanish.

Also, the center has had 21 stallions belonging to the Regional Association of Breeders of Pure Race Horses, of which seven have been in the center and the remaining 14 have been sporadically to do tests and analysis freezing sperm.

Insemination Center semen sent three of these copies to different parts of Spain, such as Asturias, Galicia and Seville.

Cerda said that this center applicable "reference technology" for reproduction of horse breeding and highlighted the professionalism of the staff and equipment of the center, which provides coverage to other areas bordering the removal and shipment of semen.

The Minister of Agriculture said that in recent years, as a result of the economic crisis, "has the number of mares covered, which in recent years reached an average of 200".

This Insemination Centre was established in 2006 under a cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture and the City of Lorca.

It facilitates the covering of mares to farmers who request it, with natural mating reproductive techniques and artificial insemination, between March and June.

It will also develop training and research programs and is approved by the European Community for the handling, removal, refrigeration, freezing and sending genetic material from equine species worldwide.

The regional equine sector has a total of 1,500 farms and 11,000 cattle, of which approximately 50 percent are purebred.

The most dynamic regions are the Upper Guadalentin, Cartagena-Mar Menor and Murcia.

Also, the Regional Association of Breeders of Pure Race Horses has 107 partners managing livestock equine farms, with a total of 2,000 pure-bred horses.

Source: CARM