A new research study ‘Associations between endometrial swab bacteriology and cytology findings and live foal rates in Thoroughbred broodmares in the United Kingdom’ has been published this month in Equine Veterinary Journal and is available free open access.
A collaboration with Rossdales reproduction experts Camilla Scott and Billy Fehin, and colleagues from the Royal Veterinary College, Cornell University and the University of Montreal, the study investigated associations between pre-breeding endometrial swab findings and live-foal rates, using data from over 7,500 endometrial swab samples submitted to Rossdales Laboratories over 7 breeding seasons.
This is the first study to use multivariable modelling methods to investigate associations between endometrial swab findings and live-foal rates in Thoroughbred broodmares, identifying novel and important relationships.
The results of the study highlight important, novel complexities around the interpretation of endometrial swab findings in Thoroughbred broodmares and demonstrate the importance of multivariable analyses for evaluation of fertility data, in particular the need to include mares’ age and status, alongside potential measures of reproductive health.
Read the full article here http://doi.org/10.1111/evj.70086