A surgical technique applied to the study of tubal eggs in the mare.
An efficient surgical technique of collecting eggs from the oviducts of mares is described. Within 6 days after ovulation recovery was successful in 22/29 mares. The technique has been used to investigate the retention and ageing of eggs in the oviducts and to determine the origin and the nature of the accessory CL during pregnancy.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D010060:Ovulation; D010063:Ovum / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013522:Surgery, Veterinary / Q000379:methods*; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods*