The use of hormones in reproductive management of the mare.
A brief review is presented of the use in equine veterinary medicine of anterior pituitary hormones, posterior pituitary hormones, placental hormones, steroid hormones and prostaglandins. These hormones are used frequently in clinical application without a scientific basis for their expected activity.
D000818:Animals; D004967:Estrogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D006062:Gonadotropins / Q000494:pharmacology; D006728:Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior / Q000494:pharmacology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011372:Progestins / Q000494:pharmacology; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000494:pharmacology; D012098:Reproduction / Q000187:drug effects*
D004967:Estrogens; D006062:Gonadotropins; D006728:Hormones; D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior; D011372:Progestins; D011453:Prostaglandins; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D010121:Oxytocin