Clinical, microbiological and histological changes associated with uterine involution in the mare.
The surprisingly rapid rate of uterine involution detected is consistent with a high rate of conception as the first post-partum heat. Furthermore, many of the immediately post-partum features have attained the pregravid state by the end of the first post-partum oestrus and virtually all by the second post-partum oestrus. There was no specific cause detected for the higher rate of early embryonic death associated with conception at the foal heat.
D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D004031:Diestrus; D004971:Estrus; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D010060:Ovulation; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D014599:Uterus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000382:microbiology