Live Cover Management
No one method for managing live cover breeding is foolproof. Handling of the mare and stallion should be individualized to minimize injury and optimize success.
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Jonathan F. Pycock, BVetMed, PhD, Dipl. ESM, MRCVS, operates Equine Reproductive Services, a first opinion and referral private equine practice based in Yorkshire, England. He has published many papers and book chapters on a variety of equine reproductive topics, and edited the book Equine Reproduction and Stud Medicine. His main interests include ultrasonography, breeding the problem mare, and artificial insemination. Currently, he is evaluating the use of oxytocin and depot oxytocin as a post-breeding treatment for mares.
Posted by Jonathan F. Pycock, B. Vet. Med, PhD, DESM, MRCVS | Dec 1, 2005 | Article, Breeding and Reproduction, Breeding Planning, Breeding Process, Breeding Restraint
No one method for managing live cover breeding is foolproof. Handling of the mare and stallion should be individualized to minimize injury and optimize success.
Read MorePosted by Jonathan F. Pycock, B. Vet. Med, PhD, DESM, MRCVS | Dec 1, 2003 | Article
One of your main objectives whether you own or work with broodmares should be to produce the maximum number of live, healthy foals from the mares bred during the previous season. Perhaps the biggest obstacle to achieving this aim is the “problem” mare.
Read MorePosted by Jonathan F. Pycock, B. Vet. Med, PhD, DESM, MRCVS | Nov 1, 2002 | Article, Breeding Soundness Exam, Mare Care, Ultrasound
Horse breeding is a time-consuming and expensive business. Therefore, horse breeders must be able to assess the likelihood of a mare being able to conceive, carry a fetus through a pregnancy, and deliver a live foal. While unforeseen problems ca
Read MorePosted by Jonathan F. Pycock, B. Vet. Med, PhD, DESM, MRCVS | Oct 15, 2001 | Article, Twins
As has been discussed in earlier issues of The Horse, twinning is highly undesirable in the mare. The advent of ultrasound has allowed earlier detection of multiple pregnancies from around Days 14 to 16 post-breeding, and the majority of
Read MorePosted by Jonathan F. Pycock, B. Vet. Med, PhD, DESM, MRCVS | Oct 10, 2001 | Article, Breeding Planning, Mare Care
The mare has a long gestational period and to be a yearly producer she must be back in foal, on average, 25 days from giving birth. It is important to understand all the processes that take place in the period from parturition to the restoration
Read MorePosted by Jonathan F. Pycock, B. Vet. Med, PhD, DESM, MRCVS | Sep 26, 2001 | Article, Artificial Insemination, Breeding Process, Breeding Restraint, Breeding Training, Mare Care, Stallion Care
Artificial Insemination (AI) involves the introduction of sperm into the reproductive tract of the mare without natural mating. AI in the horse was first practiced long ago. Ancient Arabian texts describe how mares were successfully inseminated.
Read MorePosted by Jonathan F. Pycock, B. Vet. Med, PhD, DESM, MRCVS | Apr 1, 1999 | Article, Endometritis, Mare Care, Venereal Disease
Many mares which cycle, but fail to conceive, have infections in their reproductive tracts. Hence, they are sometimes called dirty mares. The more scientific term for their problem is endometritis, which refers to the acute or chronic”P>Many mares which cycle, but fail to conceive, have infections in their reproductive tracts. Hence, they are
Read MorePosted by Jonathan F. Pycock, B. Vet. Med, PhD, DESM, MRCVS | Mar 1, 1999 | Article, Mare Care, Ultrasound
For all horse breeders, it is important to realize that not every mare will give birth to a live foal. Failure of the pregnancy can occur at any stage starting from the fertilization of the oocyte or egg. The oocyte develops in the fluid- filled
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