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Hi guys

I had an unfortunate incident over Christmas - lost a lovely little
filly at six days old - no apparent cause.  A friend suggested I test
the stallion for SCID and will do so before doing any more breeding to
him.  I've been reading up on it and getting lots of facts, but my
question is this : what are your feelings concerning the defect?  How do
you go about deciding to breed a carrier, if you do have one?  What are
the general feelings in the breeding community about a well-known
stallion or mare that are carriers?  Is the stigma still alive and well?
If your stallion proves positive, do you geld or do you just make an
informed decision about future breeding?

We only recently have been able to do testing here in South Africa and
slowly the stallion adverts are now showing "clear" status.  I'm not a
commercial breeder, so I'm not worried about the possible "feelings"
from the breeding community.  However, should I "want" to breed to
outside mares, I'd certainly like to have the stallion's status be
known.

Thanks!
Kristene
South Africa

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