The mare has a long gestational period and to be a yearly producer she must be back in foal, on average, 25 days from giving birth. It is important to understand all the processes that take place in the period from parturition to the restoration of a state supporting the initiation and maintenance of another pregnancy (this period is often termed the puerperium). Among domestic species, the
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