Inside the Equine Womb
Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
December 3, 2012
Learn about the tools and techniques veterinarians use to ensure a pregnant mare’s foal stays safe and sound.
Learn about the tools and techniques veterinarians use to ensure a pregnant mare’s foal stays safe and sound.
It is important to consider everything involved in breeding before bringing another horse into the world.
Use a multidimensional treatment approach to give mares the best chance for recovery.
Endometritis is inflammation of the endometrium, or uterine lining.
Most options can lessen the effects of estrus while still allowing mares a second career as a broodmare.
Estrous cycles and certain disease processes can affect mares’ reproductive hormones.
Researchers found an intravaginal progesterone-releasing device effective in inducing early estrus in mares.
Mobile blue-light therapy is as effective at advancing seasonality as indoor barn lighting.
Hestad studied how endophyte-infected tall fescue seed ingestion would affect nonpregnant mares.
Is exercise, and sometimes even intense competition, safe for a pregnant mare and her unborn foal?
Understanding broodmares’ nutrient requirements can make developing a feeding program a less daunting task.
Researchers recently identified links between equine neuroaxonal dystrophy (NAD), nutrition, and genetics.
In May 2011, a stallion undergoing routine testing in Italy for stud purposes tested positive for dourine.
One study showed bacteria on stallions’ external genitalia do not appear to affect stallion or mare fertility.
We have a 19-year-old broodmare that bagged up and developed edema
Accurate diagnosis can allow effective treatment of uterine conditions in broodmares to improve fertility.
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