Breeding Horses (eBook)

Mina Davies-Morel (Autor)

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2008
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9780470750452 (ISBN)

Infos

Written for students and all with a general interest in breeding horses, this book sets out to provide a basic understanding with sufficient practical information for beginners to get started.

Enough reproductive physiology of the mare and stallion is included to clarify the management techniques which are explained later in the book, but unnecessary details are avoided. Artificial insemination and embryo transfer are also explained, as are selecting the broodmare and stallion, management at covering and during pregnancy, and post-partum care of the mare and foal.

Dr Mina Davies Morel BSc, PhD is a lecturer and head of the Equine Studies group at the Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth

Inhalt

BREEDING HORSES 3
Contents 5
Acknowledgements 7
Dedication 8
1 Reproductive Anatomy 9
1.1 Introduction 9
1.2 Reproductive Anatomy of the Mare 9
1.3 Reproductive Anatomy of the Stallion 21
1.4 Pregnancy 29
1.5 Lactation 38
1.6 Conclusion 44
2 Control of Reproduction 45
2.1 Introduction 45
2.2 The Mare 45
2.3 The Stallion 59
2.4 Conclusion 63
3 Selecting and Preparing the Mare and Stallion for Breeding 65
3.1 Introduction 65
3.2 Selecting the Mare for Breeding 65
3.3 Selecting the Stallion for Breeding 72
3.4 Preparing the Mare to go to Stud 74
3.5 Preparing the Stallion for the Breeding Season 83
3.6 Conclusion 85
4 Putting Your Mare in Foal 87
4.1 Introduction 87
4.2 Natural Mating 87
4.3 Artificial Insemination 106
4.4 Conclusion 117
5 Management of the Pregnant Mare 119
5.1 Introduction 119
5.2 Embryo Transfer 119
5.3 Pregnancy Detection 123
5.4 Management of Twin Pregnancies 127
5.5 Management of the Pregnant Mare 128
5.6 Abortion 138
5.7 Conclusion 141
6 Managing Your Mare at Foaling 143
6.1 Introduction 143
6.2 Managing your Mare as Foaling Approaches 143
6.3 Management of Foaling 148
6.4 Foaling Abnormalities 159
6.5 Conclusion 168
7 Managing the Newborn Foal and the Lactating Mare 169
7.1 Introduction 169
7.2 Foal Adaptive Period 169
7.3 Post-foaling Examination of the Foal 176
7.4 Early Foal Management 176
7.5 Conditions of the Newborn Foal 185
7.6 Management of the Mare 189
7.7 Conclusion 194
8 Managing the Older Foal and Weaning 195
8.1 Introduction 195
8.2 Management of the Older Foal 195
8.3 Management of the Lactating Mare with an Older Foal 200
8.4 Weaning 201
8.5 Care of the Mare After Weaning 207
8.6 Management of Youngstock 208
8.7 Conclusion 214
Index 215

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin ► Pferd
• Schlagworte: Artificial • BASIC • Beginners • Book • broodmare • Control • Equine • General • Horses • Information • Interest • Later • Management • Mare • Pferdeforschung • Pferdezucht • Physiology • postpartum • Practical • Pregnancy • Reproductive • stallion • sufficient • techniques • Transfer • unnecessary details
• ISBN-13: 9780470750452 / 9780470750452