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Glossary
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Anestrus
The lack or absence of sexual receptivity and fertility in the mare usually
occurring in the non-breeding season.
Conception
The process of becoming
pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both.
Embryo
transfer
A simple procedure that involves removing an embryo from the
uterus of a mare and transferring it to the uterus of a surrogate mare. An
embryo can also be transferred after its development outside the mare by a
procedure called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The objective of
embryo transfer is to facilitate conception following
fertilization.
Equids
Any of various mammals of the family
Equid, having a single hoofed digit on each foot, and including the horses,
asses, and zebras.
Estrus
A recurring period of sexual
receptivity and fertility in the mare, also known as heat.
Fertilized A sperm introduced into an egg to develop a new
individual under natural conditions or in a petri dish under laboratory
conditions.
Follicle
A vesicle in the mammalian ovary that
contains a developing egg surrounded by a covering of cells.
Follicle
stimulating hormone
A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland
that promotes the formation of follicles that contain ova in a mare.
Hormonal imbalance
An imbalance of hormones that control
reproduction in the horse which is usually caused by an increase or decrease in
secretion of one or more hormones produced by the pituitary gland.
Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
An in vitro
fertilization procedure in which a single sperm is injected directly into an
egg.
Lactational anestrus
The lack or absence of sexual
receptivity and fertility in the mare during the time that the mare is
lactating or giving milk to her foal.
Pre-ovulatory follicles (primary follicle)
An increase in size and maturation of the primary follicles and
including proliferation and shape changes of follicular cells and maturation of
the oocyte. These events occur right before rupture of the follicle and release
of the oocyte into the oviduct of the reproductive tract.
Recombinant
hormones
Synthetic methods of producing
hormones in the laboratory using molecular biology techniques.
Superovulate
To produce mature ova
at an accelerated rate or in a large number at one time.
Theca
granulosa cell tumor
Benign ovarian tumor
originating in the granulosa cells, the solid mass of cells surrounding the
preovulatory follicle.
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