Equine domestication by men brought alongside with it several alterations in equine management and feeding, due to the need of adaptation by the horses to new exercises and limiting conditions imposed to them by humans. One of the many advances achieved through feeding modification imposed to ...

This special issue contains 424 abstracts of papers on animal breeding, genetics, animal health, beef species, cell biology, companion animals, gut physiology, contemporary and emerging issues, extension education, forages and pastures, growth and development, horse species, meat science and muscle ...

Horses and donkeys continue to be important to most societies as either recreational or working animals. Presenting a broad coverage of topics relating to horse and donkey ownership, The Handbook of Horses and Donkeys is an introductory guide providing expert advice on current ethical management...

Veterinary pet supplements and nutraceuticals are widely used by dog, cat, and horse owners across the United States, generating millions of dollars in revenue for manufacturers. Despite the widespread use of these veterinary products, oversight and regulation remain limited as compared with human...

In all eutherian mammals, there are two modes for supplying nutrients to the conceptus, histotrophic and hemotrophic nutrition. In general, these modes are sequential; although in some species, the two operate in parallel throughout the entire pregnancy. Although hemotrophic nutrition is the most...

Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is a reliable and easily detectable reproductive marker for the fertility competence of many farm animal species. AMH is also a good predictor of superovulation in cattle, sheep, and mares. In this review, we have summarized the recent findings related to AMH and its...

These proceedings present papers from the XX ABRAVEQ Annual Conference held in Sao, Paulo, last July 2019. Topics of papers were divided into five subjects areas: International lectures on equines (19 papers); equine surgery (77 papers); equine reproduction (33 papers); exercise physiology, ...

The mammalian ovary is responsible for essential stages of folliculogenesis and hormonal production, regulating the female physiological functions during the menstrual/estrous cycles. The mare has been considered an attractive model for comparative studies due to the striking similarities shared...

The preconceptional and/or periconceptional periods (before and just after fertilization until the embryo blastocyst stage) are critical for the developmental origins of health and disease. Major epigenetic modifications occur during gametogenesis, fertilization, and the early stages of embryonic...