Morning Scientific Sessions 08.30-12.30

NON-PREGNANT MARE I SESSION (Lee Morris, Chair)

8.30-8.45

Improving Techniques to Study Equine Cervical Mucociliary Clearance.

MA Hawkes, ALRichard, CL Oldfield, AB Toothaker, CL Oldfield, MR Stokes, RC Causey

^{Eligible to be considered for the Michelle LeBlanc Young Presenter Award}

8.45-9.00

Recurrence of cervical defects and live-foal rates in Thoroughbred broodmares undergoing one or more surgeries for defects of the cervix.

CF Scoggin, C Makloski-Cohorn, RM Embertson, C Benedetto, C Howard, EA Bradecamp, MR Schnobrich

9.00-9.15

Serial PGF₂_αinjections prevent luteinization of experimentally induced hemorrhagic anovulatory follicles.

GM Davolli, V Medina, CRF Pinto

^{Eligible to be considered for the Michelle LeBlanc Young Presenter Award}

9.15-9.30

Induction of multiple ovulation in mares following multiple treatment with low dose buserelin.

JR Newcombe, J Cuervo-Arango

9.30-9.45

Antibody response and safety of a novel recombinant zona pellucida vaccine formulation in mares.

MB Nolan , HJ Bertschinger, ML Schulman

^{Eligible to be considered for the Michelle LeBlanc Young Presenter Award}

9.45-10.00

The effect of buserelin on reproductive performance in the transitional and anestrous mare.

KE Wolfsdorf, CE Fedorka, KJ Lu, EH Martinez, WW Zent

10.00-11.00 Break and Posters. Nonpregnant mare I poster session (The Concourse)

NON-PREGNANT MARE II SESSION (Pat McCue, Chair)

11.00-11.15

Progesterone and 5α-dihydroprogesterone (DHP) in cyclic mares, and in ovariectomized mares and geldings after progesterone administration.

AJ Conley, EL Scholtz, EL Legacki, GD Dujovne, CJ Corbin, BA Ball, BC Moeller^,SD Stanley

11.15-11.30

Expression of oestrogen receptor αlpha is negatively correlated with collagen density in the mare’s cervix.

MLH Campbell, LE Peachey, L Callan, DC Wathes, AM de Mestre

11.30-11.45

Localization of AMH & AMHRII in granulosa cell tumor of thoroughbred mares.

TS Munkhtuul, H Murase, BA Ball, K Habukawa, F Sato, K Watanabe, Y Nambo

11.45-12.00

Serum anti-Müllerian hormone following zona pellucida immunocontraceptive vaccination of mares.

MB Nolan, HJ Bertschinger, M Crampton, ML Schulman

^{Eligible to be considered for the Michelle LeBlanc Young Presenter Award}

12.00-12.15

Real-time-in vivo microscopic imaging of equine endometrium using confocal laser endomicroscopy. preliminary observations and feasibility study.

K Gallacher, L Woolford, L C Santos, K L Kind

^{Eligible to be considered for the Michelle LeBlanc Young Presenter Award}

12.15-12.30

The fate of endometrial mesenchymal stem cells after application in the healthy equine uterus.

BE Rink, C Aurich, H French, FX Donadeu