Fetal Sexing
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Female Equine Embryo Survival Studied
Researchers evaluated female embryo survival can be enhanced under conditions that tend to favor male births.
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Study: Choosing Sex of Future Foals Could be Possible
Breeders might soon be able to use sex-sorted stallion semen to pick the sex of their future foals.
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New Equine Fetal Sex Determination Technique Studied
The team achieved up to a 95% accuracy rate by using mares' blood plasma to determine fetal gender.
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Female Equine Embryo Survival Studied
December 20, 2012
Researchers evaluated female embryo survival can be enhanced under conditions that tend to favor male births.... Read More
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TheHorse.com Poll Recap: Choosing Foals' Sex
December 19, 2012
The majority of respondents said they'd rather not choose a future foal's sex ahead of time.... Read More
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Study: Choosing Sex of Future Foals Could be Possible
September 29, 2012
Breeders might soon be able to use sex-sorted stallion semen to pick the sex of their future foals. ... Read More
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New Equine Fetal Sex Determination Technique Studied
March 05, 2012
The team achieved up to a 95% accuracy rate by using mares' blood plasma to determine fetal gender.... Read More
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Genetic Selection for Equine Health and Performance
January 01, 2012
Understanding genetic determinants for health conditions can help us identify and manage predisposed horses.... Read More
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Determining Fetal Gender: Practice Makes Perfect (AAEP 2010)
March 01, 2011
For nearly 20 years, veterinarians have been determining fetal gender using transrectal ultrasound. While it's exciting for a mare owner to know the sex of the new addition before it arrives, just how accurate are these ultrasound procedures?... Read More
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First Biopsied Vitrified Embryo Foal Born
February 15, 2010
The world's first foal from a biopsied and vitrified embryo transferred into a surrogate mare was born Jan. 27, 2010, at Minitube International Center for Biotechnology in Mount Horeb, Wisc. The procedure used to create the filly provides ho... Read More
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Fetal Sex Determination in the Mare Between 90 and 150 Days
February 01, 2007
Accurate determination of fetal sex can have a profound impact on the broodmare management practices of horse owners and breeders. While the gender of a foal influences its value, it also influences the value of the gravid (pregnant) mare.... Read More
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From Breeding to Birth
February 01, 2007
Testing innovative techniques and brushing up on common procedures are the lifeblood of advancing any medical specialty, and the field of equine reproduction is no exception. Veterinarians are always looking for new ways to improve procedures they... Read More
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Filly or Colt? Find Out Before It's Born
January 01, 2001
Knowing the gender of a foal before it is born helps the horse owner or breeder better manage several different aspects of the horse business. This new management tool is very safe, accurate, and can be incorporated into most breeding programs... Read More
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Equine Fetal Sex Determination
April 01, 1999
Knowledge of a fetus’ sex enables the horse owner or breeder to manage several different aspects of his or her horse business better. For example, the value of a foal frequently is influenced by its gender, depending on its sire or dam.... Read More
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First Sex-Selected Filly Born
August 21, 1998
Through the collaborative efforts of Colorado State University, USDA, MoFlo, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Cytomation the world's first sex-selected filly was born August 6, 1998. The filly, Call Me Madam, was... Read More
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Advances In Semen Sexing
December 01, 1997
Rens, Welch, and Johnson of Beltsville, Md., reported significant improvements in their flow cytometric semen sexing procedure at the American Society of Animal Science's meeting. The sexing of sperm with the Beltsville method is based o... Read More
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