This article is part of the supplement: Perinatal Death In Domestic Animals: The 20th Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation (NKVet)

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High risk pregnant mare

Mats HT Troedsson

Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0136, USA

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from Perinatal Death In Domestic Animals: The 20th Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation (NKVet)
Reykjavik, Iceland. 26–27 April 2007

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2007, 49(Suppl 1):S9doi:10.1186/1751-0147-49-S1-S9

Published:	12 December 2007

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Improved diagnostic techniques and advances in the understanding of equine reproductive physiology and pathology have resulted in increased pregnancy rates in mares. In contrast, the incidence of pregnancy loss has remained fairly constant at a rate of 10–15% [1]. Pregnancy losses during late gestation (>5 months) represent an even greater problem for the equine breeding industry. Affected mares will not only fail to produce a foal, but will often have a lower conception rate during the next breeding season.