Horse breeding from planning through foal care
Remaining current and informed is crucial to success in the horse industry, but busy schedules do not always provide time out for education. To address this need, the Equine Research Centre in Guelph, Ontario, has developed
The possibility of human cloning and other advancements in assisted reproductive technologies have recently captured a niche on the news agenda and focused ethical issues for a national debate. But these same advancements hav
We know some Thoroughbreds are faster than others. But why? Some are back at the knee. Some are sounder than others. Some are more susceptible to infectious diseases than others. But why?
These, and countless other questions, were
The nurse mare (Miss VQ) which was leased to a Thoroughbred farm in Kentucky and found culture positive for the CEM-like organism, has implicated two non-registered stallions (Hammer and Coal Digger) as the potential source of her infection
Surgical alteration of any Arabian horse to enhance its appearance is not in the breed’s best interest.
There are at least 25 countries in the world where contagious equine metritis (CEM) exists, or has been known to exist sometime in the past, in the native equid population (meaning horses, mules, donkeys, etc.). These countries include
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When foals get sick, horse owners can sometimes face many sleepless nights, as well as weeks or months of intensive management, to get these babies through the rough spots. One of the most common problems in the ill foal is pneumonia, caused by
When we consider that foaling rates overall range somewhere in the neighborhood of 55-60% it becomes instantly obvious that simply covering a mare and getting a foal are not a sure thing. The problem is not always with the mare.
Original Isolation (California) on Nov. 24, 1997, bacterial cultures were obtained from a mammoth donkey jack located in Sacramento County, Calif., in preparation to qualify his semen for export. Specimens were submitted to
The contagious equine metritis (CEM)-affected jack in California is approximately 11 years old and has been owned by the same individual for 10 years since purchased at a local mule event. From purchase until
In a separate and unrelated incident, a second contagious equine metritis (CEM)-like organism was recovered from a jack in Kentucky which has no known association or relation to the California jack. Two Standardbred mares
As of Feb. 18, three more horses had tested positive for a CEM-like organism in Kentucky. A Paint stallion and two pregnant mares were cultured positive for the organism on the original nurse mare farm in Kentucky where the organism that cause”P>As of Feb. 18, three more horses had tested positive for a CEM-like organism in Kentucky. A Paint stallion and two pregnant mares were cultured positive for the organism on the orig”>As of Feb. 18, three more horses had tested positive for a CEM-like organism in Kentucky. A Paint stallion and two pregn”As of Feb. 18, three more horses had tested positive for a CE”s
The USDA has added Oklahoma to the list of states approved to receive certain mares and stallions imported into the United States from regions affected with contagious equine metritis, a serious venereal disease of
Two studies involving the use of altrenogest (Regu-Mate) to control behavior of stallions appeared on the surface to have contradictory results.
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