Is It Possible To Breed A Cow-horse Hybrid?

With artifical incimination these days, if either one of these animal’s sperm is put into the other animal, will it produce young?

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Leolupus Had this To Say

No. In order for two different species to interbreed, they must be closely related – usually within the same genus, and at least within the same family. Horses and cattle are not only in different families, they are in different orders – Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla respectively. Beyond family level, two organisms cease to share enough genetic material for the eggs and sperm to ‘recognize’ each other – a horse sperm simply wouldn’t fertilise a cow egg, and vice versa.
Brandy Had this To Say

Absolutely not. I have a ranch with and cattle and horses. It is not possible these two animals.
Mark B Had this To Say

No. They are of different species and their sex cells don’t match. No fertilization will be possible.
ANU Had this To Say

NO it’s impossible
simplema Had this To Say

No, it won’t. The only way would be through gene manipulation.

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