MRLS Experiment Rundown
A meeting at Keeneland racetrack for a select group from local Thoroughbred breeding farms on Jan. 6 offered a wrap-up of the six experiments done by researchers at the University of Kentucky pertaining to mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS). The synopses of those experiments, as presented by Karen McDowell, PhD (equine reproduction), are as follows:
Experiments 1 and 2,
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A meeting at Keeneland racetrack for a select group from local Thoroughbred breeding farms on Jan. 6 offered a wrap-up of the six experiments done by researchers at the University of Kentucky pertaining to mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS). The synopses of those experiments, as presented by Karen McDowell, PhD (equine reproduction), are as follows:
Experiments 1 and 2, April-June 2002
Design: To place Eastern tent caterpillars (ETC) and/or ETC materials (nest materials for experiment 1 or excrement/frass for experiment 2) on pasture where pregnant mares grazed
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