@conference {89272,
	title = {A cross-sectional survey of New Zealand sport horse stud farms},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {73},
	year = {2013},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {71-75},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Hamilton},
	abstract = {<p>An online survey was sent to 74 sport horse owners. With a response rate of 45\% (33/74) data were available from 33 owners of 74 sport horse stallions. Most stallion owners were female (29/33; 88\%), aged between 35 and54 years (25/33; 76\%), and had equine occupations (17/33; 52\%). Most sport horse stud farms were not operated as the primary income source for the owner (27/33; 82\%). Farms had a median of 2 (Interquartile range (IQR) 1{\textendash}3) stallions and a median of5 (IQR 2{\textendash}9) mares. There were four larger farms standing stallions that also provided frozen semen from stallions resident outside of New Zealand. Most stallions were privately owned (69/75; 92\%) and 47\% (35/74) of stallions originated from overseas. Half the stallions had their own performance record (36/75; 49\%). Natural service was offered for 64\% (47/74) of the stallions, 81\% (60/74) of stallions were available via artifical insemination with fresh or cooled semen, and 37\% (27/74) were available via artifical insemination with frozen semen. The number of mares covered by the stallions per season was heavily left skewed with a median of 5 (IQR 1{\textendash}8). There were a small group of active sires (n = 7) that covered larger books of mares with a median of 42 (IQR 22{\textendash}50).</p>
},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {George HEA and Bolwell CF and Rogers CW and Gee EK}
}
