Equine Technical Articles
Article published the May 11, 2011:
Equine Amnionitis and Foetal Loss (EAFL) was first described in 2004 following an outbreak of abortions in mares that had an unusual and consistent pattern of clinical and pathological signs. Examination of rep...
Article published the April 27, 2011:
Animal carcass composting for both routine and emergency management of food animal mortalities is a safe method of carcass disposal.{Berge, 2009 126 /id} It has been used in varying extent, depending on region ...
Article published the July 1, 2009:
Biomedicine is the application of the principles of the natural sciences, especially biochemistry, molecular biology, and microbiology, to human and veterinary clinical medicine. The field of biomedicine offers...
Article published the June 17, 2009:
In all species, penetration of the oocyte by sperm requires motility, intact receptor proteins on the sperm to bind to the zona pellucida, and the ability to undergo an acrosome reaction and bind to the plasma ...
Article published the August 5, 2008:
Horse producers face many decisions that require them to understand the foaling process and the needs of newborn foals.Parturition in the MareGestation LengthThe normal gestation length of mares ranges from 320...
Article published the March 28, 2008:
Congenital anomalies and inherited disorders of the horse include all of the physical abnormalities which are present upon birth of the foal and those that are diagnosed later in life. Some anomalies may be acq...
Article published the March 6, 2008:
Abortion in horses may result from a variety of causes. Infectious agents, such as bacteria, viruses or fungi, may attack the fetus or its membranes, resulting in fetal death and expulsion. Other factors attrib...
Article published the January 3, 2008:
Techniques for cryopreserving equine embryos have advanced in recent history allowing many practitioners to reliably collect and vitrify embryos on-site or ship embryos to referral centers where equine embryos ...
Article published the November 16, 2007:
It can be frustrating watching mares and predicting when they will foal. Mares are usually consistent in their foaling pattern from year to year. Therefore, horse owners and managers should become familiar with...
Article published the August 12, 2007:
All health, performance, and disease traits in horses are fundamentally influenced by a subset of the approximately 25,000 genes that comprise the equine genome. Athletic ability and physical fitness in humans ...