The manual is based on basic science, research, and clinical experience from a commercial embryo transfer program.
Researchers found that, overall, 90.5% of mares and 82.3% of foals survived to hospital discharge following treatment.
The team hopes to make this process more accessible to breeders in the future.
Horse breeding is only as effective as your ability to predict a mare’s impending ovulation. Here’s how vets do so.
Pregnancy failure in mares is a very real risk; here’s how to prevent or handle it.
The National Park Service is studying the use of fertility control vaccines to control feral horse populations.
Learn how researchers determined that hairy, bristly caterpillars can cause abortions and how to protect mares.
Researchers recently evaluated multiple ovulations and how vets can detect them and, thus, prevent twin pregnancies.
Dr. Rolf Embertson of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, shares his experience performing surgery to correct urogenital conditions in broodmares, including ovarian cyst removal and injury repairs.
The technology behind equine embryo transfers means exciting assisted reproduction options are on the horizon.
Researchers determined that reduced estrogen levels in late pregnancy do not affect pregnancy outcome.
Older mares experience a reduced oocyte (egg) reserve and increased early pregnancy loss.
Complications include chronic endometritis, pyometra, and the marble or shreds of glass adhering to the endometrium.
Researchers determined that excessive uterine edema near the time of ovulation did not adversely affect pregnancy rates.
Researchers from UK presented research on breeding and mare fertility during the 2014 AAEP Convention.
Mare fertility declines with age in association with reduced follicle count, and AMH is correlated with follicle count.
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