High Risk Pregnancy in the Mare Discussed at Vet Convention
Multiple Authors
March 11, 2010
The High Risk Pregnancy in the Mare session at the 2009 AAEP Conference was very well attended.
Horse breeding from planning through foal care
The High Risk Pregnancy in the Mare session at the 2009 AAEP Conference was very well attended.
A ban that went into effect March 9 banning Penn National-stabled horses from entering Maryland Jockey Club facilities has been lifted.
The ban was ordered when a horse stabled at Penn National Race Course was euthanized after displa
How should a normal foaling progress and when should you call the vet? Dr. Mats Troedsson discusses the foaling process and its potential problems.
Mare nutritional status is a critical component in foal health from conception through weaning.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs could assist vets managing persistent mating-induced endometritis (PMIE), a chronic inflammation of the lining of the uterine wall after breeding or artificial insemination, a leading cause of reduced ferti
Discussion of the many ways to teach young horses/foals to submit to humans; from imprinting to halter training, tying, grooming, and much more.
Questions: What is the best age to wean a foal? Is it a good/bad practice to take the afterbirth away from the mare right away so the veterinarian can check it? In the covering barn, why does the foal always get upset when the stallion…?
In 2009 the AAEP Foundation conducted a survey to assess the thoughts and opinions of the membership in defining and prioritizing the needs for equine health research. This followed an initial survey in 2003 to establish needs for equine research…
What was the hottest news in equine veterinary medicine in 2009? During the popular Kester News Hour session at the annual American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Convention, three top veterinarians (who focus on equine reproduction
Researchers and graduate students from the University of Kentucky’s (UK) Gluck Equine Research Center attended the annual Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG), held Jan. 9 through 13 in San Diego, Calif., to share equine genomic researc
Fetal heart rate monitoring can help veterinarians easily and reliably assess the health of the unborn foal.
Broodmare farm operators in the southeastern United States are interested in managing tall fescue toxicity because of the pregnancy complications it can cause.
Irish researchers have found that horses with a specific mutation in the gene called myostatin (MSTN) have improved athletic performance.
“A variety of mammalian species with specific MSTN variants have characteris
Dr. Karen Wolfsdorf of Hagyard Equine Medical Institute shows horse owners how to examine a placenta, a crucial step in managing foaling mares.
Anytime veterinarians talk about breeding the problem mare, it always develops into a lively, animated discussion. The Table Topic on Breeding the Problem Mare was no different at the 2009 American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Con
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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