Exercise And The Reproductive Ability in Horses

ScienceDaily introduced a recent study on the impacts of exercise on a mare’s reproductive ability and embryo transfer. The researchers who performed this study divided up the mare horses into groups. The light-horse mares were divided up into three groups which were no exercise, partial-exercise and full-exercise. The mares that had no exercise were the control group. The purpose of this study was to measure the reproductive blood flow as well as the quality and quantity of embryos developed. The results from this study indicated that exercise increased the concentrations of cortisol being produced in mare horses, which can have a significant effect on mare reproduction. The partial-exercised and full-exercised mare horses showed reduced embryo recovery rates in comparison to the no exercise control group.



This study is interesting because it provides the ability to look further into embryo development and transfer. With the use of today’s advancing technology scientists can help to improve the quality of mare embryos.