EQUINE BREEDING MANAGEMENT AND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
Hormonal therapy is often used in performance mares to prevent estrous behavior. A wide variety of options are currently available, including hormonal, nonhormonal, and immunologic methods to modulate estrous behavior in mares.
EQUINE BREEDING MANAGEMENT AND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
Rates of ovarian quiescence in foaling mares or reports of ovarian failure are low. In foaling mares, lactational anestrus may be behavioral, related to fescue endophyte toxicosis or physiologic factors.
North Grafton, Mass. -- Results of a survey out of Tufts University's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine has uncovered some dirt about barn workers: namely, that organic and inorganic dust in the barn may be leading to respiratory problems in the more than 4.6 million Americans involved in the equine industry.
Up to 34 percent of horses of all ages experience some level of periodontal disease, but up to 60 percent of horses 13 years of age or older suffer from severe periodontal disease.
Foals between 1 and 6 months of age frequently present with lower airway infection and is the primary cause of disease and death in foals aged between 1 and 6 months of age.
Equine infections neurologic diseases are important individual horse disease but can also occur in significant epizootics and outbreaks with substantial economic loss.
Laminitis is frustrating for veterinarians because current knowledge and understanding of the pathophysiology and progression of the disease are incomplete, limiting efforts to prevent and treat this devastating disease successfully.
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