Mare Reproduction

Question 1

What are the fallopian tubes called?

Answer 1

Oviducts

Question 2

What three parts make up the uterus?

Answer 2

Uterine horns (oviducts), body, and cervix

Question 3

What are the ovaries in a mare suspended from?

Answer 3

Dorsal abdominal wall

Question 4

What shape are the ovaries?

Answer 4

Bean shaped

Question 5

How long are the ovaries?

Answer 5

1.5 to 3 inches long

Question 6

What are the ovaries covered with?

Answer 6

Infundibulum

Question 7

Where do follicles develop on the ovary?

Question 8

What is ovulation?

Answer 8

The release of the ova

Question 9

Where do follicles ovulate?

Question 10

What does the infundibulum continue as?

Answer 10

The oviduct

Question 11

How long is the oviduct?

Answer 11

8 to 11 inches long

Question 12

Where does the oviduct end?

Question 13

Where does fertilization occur?

Answer 13

In the oviduct

Question 14

When do fertilized ova move to the uterus?

Answer 14

6 days post ovulation

Question 15

Where do unfertilized ova remain?

Answer 15

In the oviduct

Question 16

How many horns does the uterus have?

Answer 16

2 horns

Question 17

How long is each horn in the uterus?

Answer 17

8 to 10 inches long

Question 18

How long is the body of the uterus?

Answer 18

7 to 8 inches long

Question 19

How long is the cervix of the uterus?

Answer 19

2 to 3 inches long

Question 20

Where do fertilized ova enter the uterus?

Answer 20

Uterotubal junction at the tip of the uterine horn

Question 21

Where does the embroidery grow?

Question 22

How long is the embryo mobile for?

Answer 22

Until day 16, when it attaches to the uterus

Question 23

Where does pregnancy usually attach?

Answer 23

Uterine horns, at the bifurcation

Question 24

When does the uterus clean itself?

Answer 24

4 to 5 days post breeding

Question 25

What does the uterus secrete to maintain pregnancy?

Answer 25

Progestin

Question 26

What does the cervix separate?

Answer 26

The uterus from the vagina

Question 27

When is the cervix open?

Answer 27

During estrus

Question 28

When is the cervix closed?

Answer 28

During diestrus and pregnancy

Question 29

What does the cervix prevent?

Answer 29

Uterine infection

Question 30

Does the cervix maintain a closed or open environment during pregnancy?

Answer 30

Closed

Question 31

Where does the vagina extend between?

Answer 31

Cervix to the vulva

Question 32

What does the vulva consist of?

Answer 32

Two labia and clitoris

Question 33

What does the labia do?

Answer 33

Forms a seal to prevent infection

Question 34

Should the vulva be vertical or horizontal?

Answer 34

Vertical

Question 35

What does Taylorella equigenitalis cause?

Answer 35

Contagious EquineMetritis (CEM)

Question 36

Mares are

Answer 36

Seasonally polyestrous

Question 37

Mares cycle several times during breeding season and not at other times?

Answer 37

True