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Survival and Fertility Rates After Cesarean Section

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K.K. Abernathy, M.M. Leblanc, R.M...

In: AAEP Annual Convention - Las Vegas, 2009 by American Association of Equine Practitioners
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DEC 09, 2009
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1. Introduction
Cesarean section is performed in ~15–25% of mares admitted to an equine hospital for dystocia. It may also be performed in mares with medical or surgical problems or as an elective procedure. Data on foaling rates after cesarean section is limited.

2. Materials and Methods
Ninety-seven mares that underwent cesarean section at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital between 1986 and 2000 were included. Data collected included mare age, time from rupture of chorioallantois to delivery, post-partum complications, survival of mare and foal to discharge, and cumulative foaling rate before cesarean section and for the 3 yr after cesarean section. [...]

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Affiliation of the authors at the time of publication

Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, PO Box 12070, Lexington, Kentucky 40580, USA (Abernathy, LeBlanc, Embertson, Pierce); and Department of Statistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA (Stromberg)

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