Embryo Transfer for Horses

One plus one plus one equals one. The stallion, dam, and surrogate dam probably never met, but all three contributed to produce a foal. Today’s assisted breeding technologies can overcome the constraints of distance, competitive involvement,

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Ovariectomy

Ovariectomy is a procedure that generally is performed to remove an abnormal ovary. Occasionally, an ovariectomy is performed in fillies or mares which have particularly bad behavior during their heat cycle in an effort to make them more

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Working Moms

Back in the days when horses pulled the plows and harvesting machines across agricultural America, it was not uncommon to see a team of horses trudging over a field with a young foal trailing behind one of the mares. Many farmers could not affor

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Return to Nature With Pasture Breeding

In a world of artificial insemination and embryo transfer, simplicity can prevail. Registered stallions and mares can breed with minimal human intervention, through natural cover in the pasture. Pasture breeding continues as an

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Are You My Mother?: Maternal Behavior

Anyone who has witnessed a foal’s first few minutes in this world might agree that one of the most miraculous parts of the process is the way a mare greets and bonds with her newborn. With a deep sniff at the baby’s nostrils, that distinctive

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Detoxifying Cyanide

According to Dr. Terry Fitzgerald, the Eastern tent caterpillar does a very good job of detoxifying the cyanide it ingests when eating the leaves of black cherry trees. Fitzgerald, a distinguished university professor of biological sciences at

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Removal of Fencerow Black Cherry Trees

A publication recently developed by the University of Kentucky’s Jeff Stringer, Department of Forestry, and J. D. Green, Department of agronomy, outlines the proper way to eradicate black cherry trees from your property. These trees are known to

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Is No News, Good News?

While there haven’t been any headlines about the various syndromes that affected a large section of the eastern and mid-western United States this spring, that doesn’t mean that researchers or practitioners aren’t hard at work.

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Latest Foal Loss Update Shows No Change In Risk Factors

In the latest update on Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome, researchers at the University of Kentucky report the evidence continues to point toward cherry trees and a caterpillar infestation this spring as the likely causes of the problem. Research

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Deadly Spring Syndromes

Good news travels fast in the horse business; bad news travels even faster. In the case of an outbreak of mysterious early fetal loss and late-gestation foal loss, cooperation and quick sharing of information served to help researchers

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Areas With Spring Loss Syndrome Cases

Many counties in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia have reported cases of the spring syndromes. The Kentucky information was compiled from the Kentucky Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center and private practitioners. The Ohio and West Virginia

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Advice On Getting Mares In Foal After Losses

Bob Douglas, PhD, owner of BET Labs in Kentucky, specializes in working with veterinarians and farm owners to assist in reproductive problems of mares and stallions. He works with Northern and Southern Hemisphere breeders, and said his clients

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Mare Reproductivity A Timely Topic At Farm Managers Meeting

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Kentucky to Study Economic Impact of Breeding Industry Crisis

In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome on the horse industry, Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton has announced he will commission an economic impact”P>In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome on the horse industry, Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton has announced he will commission an e”>In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome on the horse industry, Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton has announced he will co”In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome on the horse industry, Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton has announce”FONT face=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome on the horse industry, Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton h”ONT face=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome on the horse industry, Kentucky Gov. Pau”NT face=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome on the horse industry, Kentucky”T face=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome on the horse industry, ” face=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome on the horse ind”face=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome on the hor”ace=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome on th”ce=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome o”e=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrom”=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndr”Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Synd”Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>In an effort to determine the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Synd”eorgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>In an effort to determine the “orgia, Times New Roman, Times,

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Washington Report: Ag Secretary Familiar With Syndrome

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