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If a mare’s behavior issues are related to her reproductive cycles, suppressing estrus might help.
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by Karen Wolfsdorf, DVM, Dipl. ACT | Apr 5, 2016
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by Alexandra Beckstett, The Horse Managing Editor | Apr 22, 2015
Horse breeding is only as effective as your ability to predict a mare’s impending ovulation. Here’s how vets do so.
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by Nancy Diehl, VMD, MS | Mar 12, 2015
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by Ahmed Tibary, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT | Dec 16, 2013
Many owners seek to eliminate estrus behavior when there is a negative effect on the mare’s performance.
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by University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment | Oct 25, 2013
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by University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment | Oct 24, 2013
Oxytocin injections allowed the corpus luteum to keep producing progesterone and the mare to stay out of heat.
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by Erica Larson | Aug 17, 2013
Learn how administering prostaglandins can help breeders improve their mares’ chances of becoming pregnant.
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by Erica Larson | Nov 29, 2012
Most options can lessen the effects of estrus while still allowing mares a second career as a broodmare.
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by Natalie DeFee Mendik, MA | Oct 13, 2012
Researchers found an intravaginal progesterone-releasing device effective in inducing early estrus in mares.
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by Equine Disease Quarterly | Oct 12, 2012
Mobile blue-light therapy is as effective at advancing seasonality as indoor barn lighting.
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