Hormones and Breeding
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چکیده
The administration of hormones to mares during breeding management is an essential tool for equine practitioners. Proper and timely administration of specific hormones to broodmares may be targeted to prevent reproductive disorders, to serve as an aid to treating reproductive disorders or hormonal imbalances, and to optimize reproductive efficiency, for example, through induction of estrus or ovulation. These hormones, when administered exogenously, act to control the duration and onset of the different stages of the estrous cycle, specifically by affecting duration of luteal function, hastening ovulation especially for timed artificial insemination and stimulating myometrial activity in mares susceptible to or showing delayed uterine clearance. In this discussion, we address the effects and potential indications for the different hormones available to the equine practitioner working with broodmare reproduction.
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