A donkey and a horse are two different species.
2006-12-15 12:39:58 · 8 answers · asked by beef 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
they are considered different species- that is why when they mate a mule is sterile. They are close enough to have offspring (same with tigers and lions-ligers or camels and llamas- camas) but the offspring are sterile.
And yes, a donkey could get a disease from mating with a horse- though horses and donkeys have less STDs than people :)
2006-12-15 16:24:40 · answer #1 · answered by D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A male donkey and a female horse produce a mule. Therefore no, the donkey will not get a disease...unless he is breeding a lot of mares and he gets some type of infection.
2006-12-15 12:56:43 · answer #2 · answered by Horsetrainer89 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
confident and No. The longest residing horse on checklist replaced into sixty two whilst he died; Xenopohon wrote 2400 years in the past appropriate to the lifespan of horses being 50. the common age at loss of existence for a horse immediately in Germany is 8 years previous. in case you averaged the an prolonged time at loss of existence of horses contained in the US it might probable be no longer plenty greater desirable than that - generally because of the numbers that are positioned down with the aid of harm, ailment, unfitness for purpose, no longer being needed. astonishing persons would stay to super an prolonged time specially because of the fact of particular diets. contained in the wild different than predation and twist of fate what kills horses is worn tooth - starvation. In domesticity - particularly secure circumstances - they are able to stay previous the element the place they'd die contained in the wild. yet domesticated horses go through far greater illnesses than they did contained in the previous - laminitis, colic, insulin resistance, navicular syndrome are greater widespread than ever - and have no certain treatment.
2016-10-05 09:08:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, how do you think they got the ginny? Donky is from a horse dad with a donky mother and a ginny is a donkey father with a horse mom....or the other way arround,
2006-12-15 13:41:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes they can but only if one or the other has it. kinda like stds with humans they can catch them too
2006-12-15 13:10:12 · answer #5 · answered by greatscoobyfan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely no.
2006-12-15 12:58:38 · answer #6 · answered by hey_its_from_clare 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Where do you think mules come from?
2006-12-15 12:41:43 · answer #7 · answered by Cara B 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so, how do you think we get mules.?
2006-12-15 12:42:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋