The costs associated with breeding...not just the service fee
One intersting point raised at Bendigo during the recent HRV consultation process was the cost of breeding.....not just the service fee.
It's the veterinary fees that go along with AI breeding and using the transported chilled and frozen semen, as compared to the natural service that was once the norm that may be preventing and reducing breeding.
One active participant (long time owner, trainer, driver) has 6 mares that could be bred from, but is probably going to breed from the best one or possibly two, due to the associated costs.
That's just to get the mare in foal !
I haven't been involved in the breeding of horses for a long time, so have no accurate costing.
What does it cost on top of the service fee?
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