Breeding and Reproduction

Horse breeding from planning through foal care

Clone of Champion Show Jumper Born

Researchers announced yesterday (July 12) the birth of a clone of the Warmblood show jumping champion E.T. The colt, named E.T.Cryozootech-Stallion, was produced to give breeders the opportunity to further the 20-year-old gelding’s line. The col

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Researchers Contemplate Role of Vesiviruses in MRLS

Oregon State University (OSU) researchers announced last month that they linked vesiviruses to abortions seen during Central Kentucky’s bout with mare reproductive loss syndrome in 2001 and concluded that vesivirus-specific reagents should be

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Landmark DNA Sequencing to Begin

The same government agency that completed the human genome in 2003 has identified the horse as a probable target for future DNA sequencing research. While a final decision will be announced in the near future, the Broad Institute, a member of the

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Savage Stallions

Q: I have worked with many different breeding stallions, including Thoroughbreds and Warmbloods back east, then mostly Arabians and Quarter Horses in Texas. We now have a halter stallion that does something I’ve never seen

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MRLS and Vesiviruses?

Oregon State University (OSU) researchers announced on June 23 that they linked vesiviruses to abortions seen during Central Kentucky’s bout with mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) in 2001 and concluded that vesivirus-specific reagents shoul

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MRLS Cases in New Jersey

A farm in Northern New Jersey experienced high abortion rates in early June in fields where there were Eastern tent caterpillars. Samples from those aborted fetuses were sent to the University of Kentucky’s Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center fo

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One Kentucky MRLS Case

The University of Kentucky?s Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center (LDDC) has reported one confirmed case of mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) this year. The case was from a farm in Boyle County that reported to have caterpillars at that time

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Neurologic Herpes 24-Hour Test

A rapid (24-hour) test is now available to identify neuropathic strains of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1). This means in the event of an outbreak of herpesvirus, or if a horse has neurologic signs of undetermined origin, a veterinarian can take a

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Vesiviruses and MRLS?

Oregon State University researchers have reported a link between vesiviruses, which can affect a wide variety of mammals, and mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS). University of Kentucky researchers studying MRLS are concerned the results of

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