title: Endometrial biopsy of the mare. A review and update.
abstract: The endometrial biopsy is a safe and effective means of predicting a mare's prognosis for foaling. A thorough understanding of the normal cyclic and seasonal pattern displayed by the normal endometrium is necessary before interpreting pathologic changes. Several systems for prognostic classification have been proposed, including a recent one that combines many of the criteria used in the other systems.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D004717:Endometrium / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006736:Horses / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D011379:Prognosis