Equine Reproduction

by McKinnon, Angus O.; Squires, Edward L.; Vaala, Wendy E.; Varner, Dickson D.

• ISBN13: 9780813819716
• ISBN10: 0813819717
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-02-02
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Now in a much-anticipated two-volume new edition, this gold-standard reference stands as the most comprehensive and authoritative text on equine reproduction. Serving theriogenologists, practitioners and breeders worldwide as a one-stop resource for the reproductive assessment and management of equine patients, Equine Reproduction, Second Edition provides information on examination techniques, breeding procedures, pregnancy diagnosis and management, reproductive tract diseases and surgery, and foaling. New topics include nutritional and behavioral factors in the broodmare and stallion, parentage testing, fetal sexing and the health and management of older foals, weanlings and yearlings.

Author Biography

Angus O. McKinnon, BVSc, MSc, Diplomate ACT and ABVP, Goulburn Valley Equine Hospital, Victoria, Australia

Edward L. Squires, BS, MS, PhD, Executive Director of the Gluck Equine Research Foundation, Research Professor, Department of Veterinary Science, M.H. Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Wendy E. Vaala, VMD, Diplomate ACVIM, Senior Equine Technical Service Veterinarian, Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, Alma, WI

Dickson D. Varner, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACT, Professor and Pin Oak Stud Chair of Stallion Reproductive Studies, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Table of Contents

The Mare

Anatomy

Physiology and Endocrinology

The Estrous Cycle

Behavior

Nutrition

Management of the Transitional Mare

Techniques in Reproductive Examination

Diagnostic Ultrasonography

Pharmacological Manipulation of Reproduction

Diseases of the Uterus

Diseases of the Ovary

Problems of the Cervix

Problems of the Mammary Glands

Pregnancy, Parturition and the Puerperal Period

Problems of Pregnancy

Female Urogenital Surgery

Other Equids

General Interest

The Stallion

Anatomy, Physiology and Endocrinology

Management

Sexual Behavior

Semen Collection and Evaluation

Reproductive Examination

Surgical Procedures

Assisted Reproductive Techniques

Semen

Oocytes

Embryos

Future Technologies

Foal, Weanling and Yearling

Prepartum Assessment of the Foal

Foal Adaptation to Parturition

Postpartum Fetal Assessment

Postpartum Fetal Assessment

Problems of the Immediate Post-Partum Period

System Disorders - Immune, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Nervous, Urogenital, Gastrointestinal, Musculoskeletal, Integument, Ocular, Endocrinological

Specific Diagnostic and Management Techniques

Problems of Older Foals, Weanlings and Yearlings

Appendix

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