Breeding and Reproduction

Horse breeding from planning through foal care

Kingmambo Taken Out of Stud Duty

Prominent Thoroughbred stallion Kingmambo, who was taken out of stallion duty in late February at William S. Farish’s Lane’s End Farm near Versailles, Ky., because of an injured leg, will spend about three more weeks on the sidelines due to an

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The Maladjusted Foal

The basic theme of Rossdale’s presentation was that problems suffered by the fetus before birth and during the birthing process can have long-term effects on the animal’s performance capability and overall health as it grows and matures. With that as a premise, he identified and discussed some of the factors that can have a negative effect before the foal is born and during birth.

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Newborn Foals: Routine and Emergency Care

The best chance to improve the survival rate of a newborn foal, she said, is adequate advance disease prevention and planning. The disease prevention includes a comprehensive vaccination program, Zimmel told her listeners.

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Breeding Your Stallion On Cue

Our stallion has a great pedigree, and we have kept him intact hoping he could eventually become a breeding stallion. We?ve put a lot of effort into getting him to show well enough to be worth breeding. He has always done really well except for

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Australian Mystery Disease

Reports have been circulating that there is a disease similar to mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) occurring in Australia. In a correspondence, Nigel Perkins, BVSc, MS, Dipl. ACT, FACVSc, of the private consulting firm AusVet Animal Health

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Managing Subfertile Stallions

The decision to manage a subfertile stallion non-conventionally is based on the condition of farm economics or despair, or more appropriately, the last hope before retiring the stallion, said Irwin K.M. Liu, DVM, PhD, a professor in the”P>The decision to manage a subfertile stallion non-conventionally is based on the condition of farm economics or despair, or more appropriately, the last hope before ret”>The decision to manage a subfertile stallion non-conventionally is based on the condition of farm “The decision to manage a subfer

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Tips for Stallion Handlers, From Novice to Advanced

Even though we think a stallion should know his business in the breeding shed, that is not always the case at the beginning. Starting a novice breeding stallion can range from a quick and easy project accomplished in a few brief sessions to a”ven though we think a stallion should know his business in the breeding shed, that is not always the case at the begi

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Septic Arthritis

Septic arthritis in a Thoroughbred foal significantly reduces the likelihood the animal will race, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Glasgow in Scotland and

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Surgery to Address Roman Ruler’s Ridgling Condition

Fog City Stable’s Thoroughbred Roman Ruler, fifth as the 2-1 favorite in the Bessemer Trust Juvenile (gr. I) at Lone Star Park on Oct. 30, is scheduled to undergo surgery Nov. 7 to remove an undescended testicle.

He’s a cryptorchid”P>Fog City Stable’

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Eastern Tent Caterpillars Cause Early Fetal Loss, Too

The case against Eastern tent caterpillars (ETC) causing mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) is getting stronger, say researchers. Gavage (tubing into the stomach) of caterpillar larvae has been shown to cause late-term abortions that are

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Equine Obstetric Lubricants

With such long necks and long limbs, it’s a wonder any foal can be born normally, observed Grant S. Frazer, BVSc, MSc, MBA, Dipl. ACT, associate professor in reproduction at The Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine at the”P>With such long necks and long limbs, it’s a wonder any foal can be born normally, observed Grant S. Frazer, BVSc, MSc, MBA, Dipl. ACT, associate professor in reproduction at The Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine at “>With such long necks and long limbs, it’s a wonder any foal can be born normally, observed Grant S. Frazer, BVSc, MSc, MBA, Dipl. ACT, associate professor in reproduction at The Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine a”With such long necks and long limbs, it’s a wonder any foal can be born normally, observed Grant S. Frazer, BVSc, MSc, MBA, Dipl. ACT, associate professor in reproduction at The Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine “With such long necks and long limbs, it’s a wonder any foal can be born normally, observed Grant S. Frazer, BVSc, MSc, MBA, Dipl. ACT, associate professor in reproduction at The Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine “ith such long necks and long limbs, it’s a wonder any foal can be born normally, observed Grant S. Frazer, BVSc, MSc, MBA, Dipl. ACT, associate profess”th such long necks and long limbs, it’s a wonder any foal can be born n

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Congenital Hypothyroidism Devastates Western Canada Breeders

Veterinarians in western Canada report that 2004 has been a disappointing year for many breeders because of an increase in cases of fatal congenital hypothyroidism in foals. Newborns with the disease can exhibit clinical signs such as contracted

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Endometrial Biopsy

It is well established that mares decline in fertility with advancing age; even mares within the window of optimal reproduction sometime suffer from reduced fertility. An important contributor to these problems is endometrial disease. Considerin

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