01-24-2017, 04:46 PM
It seems like a very crude way to get the hormone. I don't know if it is being synthesized, but I am sure it could be.
There is no way the horses are being treated well all their lives. I am sure they look after the ones who are being bled regularly, but old mares would have no use. The foals would be removed at birth and the mother made pregnant as soon as possible. The hormone is produced when the mare is pregnant. A non pregnant mare would be considered a non productive mare.
I don't even know how hard the bleeding process is for the horses.
The whole thing is very primitive. We are still bleeding other animals to get "medicine" from them. It hardly seems like something that should be done in the 21st century.
There is no way the horses are being treated well all their lives. I am sure they look after the ones who are being bled regularly, but old mares would have no use. The foals would be removed at birth and the mother made pregnant as soon as possible. The hormone is produced when the mare is pregnant. A non pregnant mare would be considered a non productive mare.
I don't even know how hard the bleeding process is for the horses.
The whole thing is very primitive. We are still bleeding other animals to get "medicine" from them. It hardly seems like something that should be done in the 21st century.
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