Recent News for Assisted Reproduction
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Reproduction and Sports Medicine Update: AAEP 2007
May 01, 2008
Veterinarians who attended presentations at the event came away with 18 hours of continuing education credit and new knowledge of current topics in equine reproduction and lameness.... Read More
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First Offspring of an Equine Clone Born in Italy
April 29, 2008
Prometea, the blazed Haflinger who gained notoriety in 2003 as the world's first horse clone, has given birth to a colt. Today the Laboratorio di Tecnologie della Riproduzione (LTR) in Cremona, Italy, announced the March 17 arrival of Pegaso, who... Read More
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Palm Beach Equine Medical Purchases Embryo Transfer Facility
April 25, 2008
Palm Beach Equine Medical Centers, headquartered in Wellington, Fla., recently purchased the New Bridge Embryo Centre in Aiken, S.C. The facility is now called the Palm Beach Equine Embryo Center (PBEEC). The goal is to continue to provide top-notc... Read More
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Reproductive Hormones Directly Influence Embryo Development
January 26, 2008
A group of Dutch researchers reported evidence that the equine conceptus (i.e., the embryo and associated membranes) might be directly responsive to the reproductive hormones progesterone and estrogen,... Read More
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Mississippi Vet School Completes its First Frozen Embryo Transfer
December 07, 2007
Her future registered name might be different, but around the horse unit at Mississippi State University (MSU), everyone calls her Popsicle. Born in September, Popsicle is the result of MSU's first successful frozen embryo transfer in... Read More
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The Business of Breeding
November 01, 2007
Breeding in the horse world breaks down into a few categories: field breeding (where the horses just do what comes naturally) live cover in a breeding shed, and artificial insemination. The tools of the trade range from very basic to high-tech ... Read More
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Freezing Embryos
November 01, 2007
With breed registries admitting more than one foal per mare per year, the use of frozen embryos is becoming more mainstream. The freezing of equine embryos is getting increased... Read More
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Ice Formation Not to Blame for Loss of Viability in Preserved Equine Sperm
September 27, 2007
Loss of spermatozoa viability following cryopreservation, historically attributed to the formation of intracellular ice, is now believed to be a result of an osmotic imbalance during thawing. Osmotic imbalances result in the movement... Read More
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Well-Equipped Breeding
September 01, 2007
Tips on what you might need to equip your stallion breeding station, from microscopes to AVs The lexicon of the breeding shed has changed... Read More
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Superovulation and Embryo Transfer
July 11, 2007
It's no secret that embryo transfer is expensive, and that its success rates are lower than those of some other methods of equine reproduction. "Commercially, single embryo recovery attempts have a 50% recovery rate, and there is a 50-65%... Read More
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Equine Cloning: Where Are We Today?
July 07, 2007
"Five years ago, presenting 'A Review of Cloning' in the horse was almost unimaginable," began Katrin Hinrichs, DVM, PhD, professor of veterinary physiology and pharmacology and Patsy Link Chair in reproductive studies at Texas A&M... Read More
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Foals of the Future: Legal Ramifications of Cloning and Other Breeding Technologies
July 01, 2007
Two-time Thoroughbred Horse of the Year John Henry enjoys the life of Riley at the Kentucky Horse Park, munching grass and making occasional appearances for park visitors. It's a well-deserved retirement of one of the best horses ever to set foot o... Read More
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Lubricants Can Harm Sperm: New Product Preserves Motility
March 31, 2007
Results of a recent research study indicated most nonspermicidal veterinary lubricants decrease sperm motility during cooled semen storage. Juan Samper, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, of JCS Veterinary Reproductive Services near Vancouver, British Columbia,... Read More
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Reproduction Problems
March 01, 2007
Drug compounding, the ethics of treating cryptorchids, and sexually transmitted diseases were the hot topics discussed by equine practitioners at the Reproduction Forum.... Read More
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Reducing Breeding-Induced Endometritis by Simplifying Management?
February 01, 2007
Modern breeding management and assisted reproduction might actually exacerbate the issue of mating-induced endometritis, according to Mats Troedsson, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, a professor of equine theriogenology in the Department of Large Animal Clinical... Read More
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Embryo Transfer: Who's Your Mama?
February 01, 2007
Embryo transfer (ET)--recovering the embryo from a bred donor mare for placement into a recipient mare that will carry and raise the foal--has become a useful reproductive tool for a growing number of breeders. Mares that are competing, or mares... Read More
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How Far We've Come
December 01, 2006
I was flattered when I was asked to discuss how far we've come in equine reproduction. I found it interesting to go back and review the many changes that have occurred. Stallions The use of artificial insemination has increased ove... Read More
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Breeding Expertise
December 01, 2006
The annual conference of the Society for Theriogenology (SFT) was held Aug. 22-26 in St. Paul, Minn. Scientists and clinicians specializing in reproduction shared new research and updated views on many topics during the conference. Following are... Read More
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World Champion Barrel Horse Gelding Cloned
November 15, 2006
The genes of another champion gelding will be available in just a few years for producing future generations of equine athletes. Scientists have produced a clone from the cells of legendary barrel racing horse Scamper. A colt that has matching... Read More
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Shipping and Disease: EVA
September 01, 2006
One of the major problems with EVA is how easily it can be transferred from one horse to another. Of course there is the respiratory route, where nasal secretions spread the virus from horse to horse through a barn or training stable.... Read More
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Clone of Show Jumping Gelding Born
September 01, 2006
Researchers announced the June 2 birth of a clone of the Warmblood show jumping champion E.T. The colt, named E.T.Cryozootech-Stallion, was produced to further the 20-year-old gelding's line. According to release from Cryozootech, a French... Read More
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Cloned Mules Race Into History
August 01, 2006
Cloned mules Idaho Gem and Idaho Star made their racing debuts on June 3 and 4 in Winnemucca, Nev., each winning a qualifying heat before placing third and sixth, respectively, in the final 350-yard dash. This was the first time clones competed in... Read More
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Clone of Champion Show Jumper Born
July 13, 2006
Researchers announced yesterday (July 12) the birth of a clone of the Warmblood show jumping champion E.T. The colt, named E.T.Cryozootech-Stallion, was produced to give breeders the opportunity to further the 20-year-old gelding's line. The col... Read More
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Cloned Mule Idaho Gem Wins in California Racing Debut
June 24, 2006
The racing mule Idaho Gem, the world's first equine clone, made a favorable impression in his initial start on the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns ... Read More
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Mule Clones Win First Heat; Lose in Finals
June 05, 2006
The world's first cloned mule, Idaho Gem, and his cloned brother, Idaho Star, won their qualifying heats in races on Saturday. The next day, they ran third and seventh, respectively. The races, which were held in Winnemucca, Nev., were the first... Read More
