Reproduction

May 26, 2021
Baby Weight: Keep Broodmares in Healthy Body Condition
Obesity has been linked to anovulatory follicles and extended periods between estrus, making it difficult to predict ovulation.

May 10, 2021
Minimize Gastric Ulcers in Rapidly Growing Weanlings
Gastric ulcers occur frequently in Thoroughbred foals and yearlings. Reports suggest one-quarter to one-half of foals have gastric ulcers.

May 03, 2021
Lactation in Mares: Nutritional Notes
Lactating mares may require twice as much dietary energy as horses at maintenance, placing them in the same nutritional

January 18, 2021
Foal Health: Colostrum and Immunoglobulins
While immunoglobulin G (IgG) has been considered more important, some experts suggest that immunoglobulin A (IgA) actually reigns supreme.

January 11, 2021
Stallion Nutrition: Coenzyme Q10 Improves Semen Quality
Researchers found improvements in total motility, progressive motility, and viability in stallions considered to have suboptimal spermatozoa motility.

October 05, 2020
Arginine Supplementation of Broodmares: Research Review
The amino acid arginine has many roles in the body, including nitrogen metabolism and excretion, vasodilation, and immune response.

September 16, 2020
Breeding to Improve Equine Genetics: Include Nutrition
Genetics accounts for only 30% of how a foal looks, behaves, and performs. Other factors can directly affect offspring

July 27, 2020
Nutritional Antioxidants and the Late-Pregnant Mare
The metabolic demands of reproduction, specifically late gestation, parturition, and lactation, may trigger an upswing in oxidative stress in

July 17, 2020
New Hope for Ageing Broodmares: Omega-3 Fatty Acids
When strategically supplemented with key nutrients, older mares might regain the importance they once had, allowing breeders to preserve

July 08, 2020
Supplemental Niacin May Improve Mare Fertility
Scientists have discovered a link between niacin deficiency and early embryonic death in mice, leading researchers to investigate its