The study of early developmental conditioning of health and disease in adulthood is
particularly relevant in the horse, which is bred mainly to perform in demanding sport …

In many species, the pattern of growth and physiological development in utero has an
important role in determining not only neonatal viability but also adult phenotype and …

Introduction Obesity is a growing concern in horses. The effects of maternal obesity on
maternal metabolism and low-grade inflammation during pregnancy, as well as offspring …

Introduction Pregnant mares and post-weaning foals are often fed concentrates rich in
soluble carbohydrates, together with forage. Recent studies suggest that the use of …

Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) such as intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI),
in vitro embryo culture and embryo transfer (ET) may be associated with alterations in fetal …

Obesity is a growing welfare concern in modern equine populations and predisposes horses
to disturbances in energy metabolism such as insulin dysregulation. However, equine …

Equine placental development is a long process with unique features. Implantation occurs
around 40 days of gestation (dpo) with the presence of a transient invasive placenta from 25 …

Horses have been domesticated by man and historical information mostly associates horses
with men. Nowadays, however, horse riding is essentially by women. Women are also very …

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Various environmental and genetic risk factors are linked to the pathogenesis of equine
osteochondrosis and osteochondral fragments in the fetlock joint. Therefore, a scoping …