Hormones For Breeding

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Hormones and Mare Conception Rates

Treatment with equine follicle-stimulating hormone (eFSH) does not increase healthy mares’ conception rates, researchers recently reported.

The hormone eFSH is used to stimulate donor mares’ ovaries to increase the number of

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Hormones to Treat Cryptorchids


While giving hormones to colts might seem like a method of self-destruction, there really is a reason for it in some cases–such as for cryptorchids. These colts have at least one testicle that hasn’t descended into the scrotum; normally

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Hormone and Drug Use in the Stallion

Many hormone and drug treatments could have a negative impact on the endocrine system, so it’s best to avoid using them altogether in the breeding stallion. However, Sue M. McDonnell, PhD, Certified AAB, of the University of Pennsylvania’s School

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