title: [Reproduction data in breeding mares, diseases and losses among suckling foals and preventive husbandry in German stud farms].
abstract: By means of a survey, the reproductive rate of mares and the foal losses in ten Thoroughbred, Saddlebred and Pony studs in Germany, mainly from North-Rhine-Westfalia, were collected and evaluated. Data for the survey were recorded for 1985-1990. The study also examined the hygienic management in the surveyed studs, and the morbidity rate of suckling foals was obtained for 1990. In addition to the survey questionnaire each stud was visited once. Two studs of each horse group were visited several times every week from March to August in order to evaluate as exactly as possible the husbandry and morbidity of the suckling foals. The main results were: The abortion rate in Thoroughbred and Saddlebred horses was about 4.5%, of the Ponies 1%. After the 299th day of gestation, fetal mortality ranged from 3.2 to 3.5%. In the more intensively observed studs 33% of Thoroughbred foals, 42% of Saddlebred foals and 11% of Pony foals became ill. Saddlebred foals were more frequently affected by respiratory disease while Thoroughbred and Pony foals were mainly afflicted by diarrhea. The scope of husbandry measures was broader and more intensive in the Thoroughbred and Pony studs compared to the Saddlebred studs.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anatomie, Physiologie und Hygiene, Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lindner
mesh_terms: D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000592:standards*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001947:Breeding; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D004203:Disinfection; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006736:Horses; D006799:Housing, Animal / Q000592:standards; D009017:Morbidity; D011247:Pregnancy; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics
vernacular_title: Reproduktionsdaten bei Zuchtstuten, Erkrankungen und Verluste bei Saugfohlen sowie Präventive in deutschen Gestüten.