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Diagnosing Mare Infertility
by Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Introduction
Introduction
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Normal Fertility Rates
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Breeding Management Review
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Stallion Fertility
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Mare Reproductive Examination
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Rebreeding
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Further Diagnostics
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More Info
Mares with no apparent problems do not settle everytime they are bred through a cycle. How many cycles it takes,
on average for a healthy mare,
to settle depends on a number of factors. The age of the mare, fertility of the stallion, when breeding starts in the cycle, and how often she is bred all affect conception rates. So how do your decide if your mare has a fertility problem and how do you go about investigating, diagnosing, then treating the cause. This article discusses these issues and is presented as a step wise diagnostic guide which then links to specific articles on the causes and treatment of infertility. Also discussed is the use of embryo transfer and oocyte transfer in subfertile mares. Problems with mares cycling poorly are discussed in the article Abnormal Cycling of the Mare...more.
~Word Count: 1898 words (The average magazine page contains about 600 words);
~Last Updated: September 08, 2009;
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