Since wild animals are, well... wild, this dictates that any manipulation requiring handling will also necessitate chemical immobilization. Wildlife veterinarians are not only required to possess the normal complement of skills and qualifications …

Generally speaking, the best time for mating of a mare and stallion is determined by several factors. These include the length of daylight (season), the daily temperature, the mare's general health, diet, the amount of rainfall, the climate, and …

Mares are seasonally polyestrus; this means that they experience regular estrus cycles during late Spring, Summer and early Fall, with none occurring during the Winter. The typical mare cycles regularly between March and October, with each estrou …

There is a wide variety of pain relievers available for horses that can help alleviate pain and discomfort associated with injury or daily exercise, and enable easier, prompt treatment of the problem at hand.Methods of managing pain in horses ran …

During the fetal development of the mare itself, a pool of primordial follicles forms as ovarian tissue, and each follicle consists of prophase I oocytes surrounded with a single layer of flattened granulosa cells.1 By the time the mare reaches s …

The nature of wild animals dictates that any manipulation that requires handling will necessitate chemical immobilization. Anaesthetizing wild animals is typically done to mark an animal, to apply a radio transmitter, administer individual …

Since mares are seasonally polyestrus, they experience regular estrous cycles during late Spring, Summer and early Fall, and none during the Winter. These cycles are controlled by hormones, which respond to increases or decreases in daylight dura …

The ovarian follicle is a fluid-filled sac surrounded by a group of cells that protect and nourish the ovum (egg). There are thousands of follicles in a mare’s ovaries, but usually only one begins to develop during each estrous cycle.1 By Day 16 …

In the case of a performance mare—one which races, for example—the reasons for preventing such a horse from coming into heat may be self-evident. The sort of behaviors often exhibited by mares in estrus—stamping, vocalizing, nipping, tail-swis …