Mares and Hormones
Jeffrey Cook, DVM
November 1, 2012
Estrous cycles and certain disease processes can affect mares’ reproductive hormones.
Horse breeding from planning through foal care
Estrous cycles and certain disease processes can affect mares’ reproductive hormones.
Two additional horses at Hawthorne Race Course in Cicero, Ill., were moved to an isolation barn area Oct. 26
The measures are in response to a deadly outbreak of equine herpesvirus-1 at an Illinois race track.
Sun is evaluating the regulation of interferon gamma expression in foals and its role in R. equi resistance.
Dr. Klaus Osterrieder of the Freie Universitaet Berlin Institut feur Virologie, in Germany, discusses some key points horse owners should know about equine herpesvirus.
Researchers are taking the next step and asking questions about the information the equine genome contains.
Two other horses residing at the same farm as the confirmed case were euthanized due to neurologic signs.
At least one horse has died and at least one more has contracted the disease.
Contagious equine metritis (CEM) gives rise to considerable concern among horse breeders in many countries.
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.
A case of equine viral arteritis (EVA) has been confirmed in a Gloucestershire, England, stallion.
Researchers are seeking participation in a survey evaluating biosecurity practices at equine breeding farms.
Equine influenza, equine herpesvirus, strangles, contagious equine metritis, and confirmed around the world.
Hestad studied how endophyte-infected tall fescue seed ingestion would affect nonpregnant mares.
Breeders might soon be able to use sex-sorted stallion semen to pick the sex of their future foals.
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